COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1942.643
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Nattier, Jean-Marc
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1685 - 1766
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean-Marc Nattier
Title:
Madame de Pompadour as Diana
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1752
Creation Start Date:
1752
Creation End Date:
1752
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 100.4cm x 79.5cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1942.643
Credit Line:
Bequest of John L. Severance
Inscriptions:
signed lower left: Nattier P.x. / 1752
Provenance:
Comte de Pimodan, Paris. Madame Dainhaut. Wildenstein, New York, 1934. John L. Severance, Cleveland.
Context:
Nattier's portraits were the epitome of the brilliant and elegant court life of Louis XV (1710-74). He excelled in the popular mode for painting women in mythological or allegorical fancy dress-transforming them into goddesses. Here he depicted the Marquise de Pompadour (great patron of the arts and a powerful political influence in France for more than 20 years) with a bow, quiver, and leopard skin, all attributes of Diana, goddess of the hunt.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1942.643.TIF
Link To Source
Madame de Pompadour as Diana
