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162. After Carle (Charles) Andre van Loo (French, 1705-1765)

Portrait of Madame de Audreuil.
Oil on canvas, unsigned, framed,
19" x 24".

Van Loo enjoyed a distinguished career in France and Italy, working in a wide variety of genres and media. In 1762, he was named premier painter to the French monarch, and also served as the director of the French Academy. During the 18th century, he was a favorite portraitist of the French aristocracy, for his work possesses a sweet, effortless quality that was enormously flattering to his sitters.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $2,587.50

Condition: Relined, craquelure in pigment in background, surface soils, yellowed varnish, small spots of pigment loss lower left.