Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1749

drawing, h 41cm × w 32.5cm × w 2.4kg More details

According to Liotard, the dauphine was so impressed by Liotard’s pastels, among them La Liseuse, that Liotard was invited to make portraits of almost the entire French royal family. This example, which Liotard kept for himself, is one of the most charming in its simple presentation of the newlywed young princess.

Identification

Title(s)

Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France
Portret van Marie Josèphe van Saksen (1731-67), dauphine van Frankrijk

Object type

drawing

Object number

SK-A-238

Description

Portret van Marie Josèphe van Saksen (1731-67), dauphine van Frankrijk. Echtgenote van Louis van Bourbon, moeder van Lodewijk XVI. Ten halven lijve, naar rechts. Onderdeel van de collectie pastels.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jean-Etienne Liotard

Dating

1749

Material and Technique

Measurements

height 41 cm × width 32.5 cm
weight 2.4 kg
height 113.6 cm × width 88.8 cm × thickness 6.3 cm

Subject

What

historical persons - BB - woman

When

1731 - 1767

Who

Maria Josepha Carolina van Saksen

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Bequeathed by Miss Marie-Anne Liotard, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1873

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Studying 18th-century paintings and works of art on paper : CATS proceedings, II, 2014, Helen Evans, Kimberley Muir, p. 31-45
Liotard : catalogue, sources et correspondance, p. 383, cat.nr. 175
Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) [ : 1 2002a]
Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1702-1789, p. 36, fig. 17
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6727

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