The image shows two figures in the foreground and a child in the lower part. One figure with wings is reclining on clouds, holding a laurel wreath and an oval medallion containing a detailed profile of a person's head. The other central figure stands beside the cloud. This figure is clothed in flowing drapery and extends a hand towards the medallion. Below them, a small child appears holding a shield decorated with fleur-de-lis motifs while a dog reclines next to the child. The background features an architectural structure with engraved images of several people in a classical scene, set against swirling clouds. The composition is rendered in a monochromatic style.
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The image shows two figures in the foreground and a child in the lower part. One figure with wings is reclining on clouds, holding a laurel wreath and an oval medallion containing a detailed profile of a person's head. The other central figure stands beside the cloud. This figure is clothed in flowing drapery and extends a hand towards the medallion. Below them, a small child appears holding a shield decorated with fleur-de-lis motifs while a dog reclines next to the child. The background features an architectural structure with engraved images of several people in a classical scene, set against swirling clouds. The composition is rendered in a monochromatic style.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Allegorical Portrait of Pierre Buirette de Belloy

Louis-Simon Lempereur, after Nicolas-René Jollain

Date
1767
Medium
etching on laid paper [proof]
Dimensions
plate: 46.5 × 34.4 cm (18 5/16 × 13 9/16 in.) sheet: 54.7 × 38.6 cm (21 9/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2013.13.10
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • allegory
  • fantasy
  • portrait
Provenance

François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, lower center in graphite: Lempreure - 1725 - 1796 Belloy (p. L. Buirette de.) - Allegorie d'apres Jollain; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 101070

Watermarks

Dupuy Auvergne 1742 (Heawood 3309)

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