Musée Jacquemart André Tickets

• The painter showed the marquise standing at the foot of an oak tree, not looking at a wide view of a nature scene that forms the background.

• Her beautiful pose and delicate features give her a childlike and innocent quality.

• The strong composition of this portrait is a fine illustration of the artist's personality and art.

• Here, there are two artworks. The two works provide the artist with an opportunity to paint the sensuous pose of a young woman in all the fullness of her beauty.

• The figures are made with great mastery, as are the effects of the jewelry and drapery.

• The painting depicts that cupid watches over Venus’s reclining figure in Sleeping Venus, and in The Toilet of Venus, Venus is looking down at a peacock while Cupid pulls at her ribbons.

• This picture combines an interest in what's lifelike and real and fantasy.

• The artist was trying to represent a familiar perception of the city of Venice.

• The artist was adopting a more sensitive and romantic approach, with its ever-changing light and the meeting point between the sky and the lagoon represented in delicate and pretty and silvery light.

• This portrait allowed the artist to do the joy of painting. This work shows how Fragonard made brilliant use of paint, shadows, and light.

• Each brushstroke is visible and the painting is full of life and energy with warm and glowing accents.

• In contrast, the mantle and cap are represented in different shades of grey.

• The painting has a picture of Mother Mary and her child, Jesus.

• The portrait showed the excellent presentation of the skin and the finely hand-made details such as the cover, the jewelry, and the locks of hair.

• The simpleness of the composition, the skill of the execution, and the calm expressions on the faces made this painting more strikingly beautiful than the others.

• This painting represents a famous Bible-related chapter, the flight into Egypt.

• It was long believed that the 'simplistic' nature of this work proved the painter's lack of skill and that, as a result, it could not be attributed to Botticelli.

• But, later on, it got attributed here since it is the simplistic form of the artwork that made it more unique.

• The painting shows a sitter dreamily thinking about a medallion, that she is holding in her left hand, that has the portrait of her husband, Count Skavronskaia.

• The face and fancy fabrics of the blue-grey dress with its metallic reflections have been painted with great care.

• The artist succeeded in showing this very distinguished and thoughtful woman.

Jacques: Louis David has managed to bring across the model's personality and he clearly shows the grand beauty of the community of people through this famous artwork of him. The painter created a composition based on the red ribbon of the Comte's decoration and his happiness from reaching a goal.