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DiaporamaBoy with a Flintlock Rifle
Neoclassicism
1817
53.0 x 45.0 cm
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun (? – ?)
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) was a leading portraitist of 18th-century French aristocracy, famed for her elegant depictions of Marie Antoinette and other prominent figures. Her Rococo and Neoclassical style captured both likeness and personality with refined beauty.
Children occupied an increasingly important place in Vigée Le Brun’s time, when the relative influence of nature and nurture was a subject of debate. The boy in this portrait is unidentified and could be eight or ten. He wears a gentleman’s coat or jacket and holds a sturdy functional gun, which could have been his own first weapon.
About this artwork
- Title: Boy with a Flintlock Rifle
- Artist: Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun
- Year: 1817
- Original dimensions: 53.0 x 45.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Movement: Neoclassicism
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Color palette: Earthy
- Keywords: elegant portrait art , muted color palette , neoclassical portrait
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