Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) - Marquise du Châtelet
Largillierre’s sitter is opulently but informally dressed and assumes a rhetorical pose, the handling of paint is textured and velvety, the Rubensian palette is autumnal, russet and shimmering with light. Remarkable is the subject of the portrait: a beautiful young woman who gazes skyward – perhaps contemplating of the stars – and holds a pair of gold compasses in her right hand while resting her left hand on a celestial globe. Few portraits of women in the 18th century depict them in intellectual pursuits such as astronomy, mathematics, or any of the sciences that were ordinarily the province of highly educated men only. These striking attributes support the traditional identification of the sitter as Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise de Châtelet, one of the great intellectual figures of the first half of the 18th century. #92Gallery

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