The image is a classical-style portrait in a reddish tone. It depicts a person's profile with long hair tied back. The portrait is set inside a circular frame with the inscription "HUET NE LE 22 OCTOBRE" and is surrounded by decorative motifs of laurel leaves and roses. Three cherubic figures with curly hair and small wings are engaging in artistic activities; one holds a quill, another supports a blank sheet, and the third gazes at the work. The cherubs are depicted in a playful manner, with one clutching a flower and another holding a brush or pen. Below the frame, there are objects including a scroll, an artist’s palette, and botanical elements. The background of the image is a plain, lightly textured surface.
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The image is a classical-style portrait in a reddish tone. It depicts a person's profile with long hair tied back. The portrait is set inside a circular frame with the inscription "HUET NE LE 22 OCTOBRE" and is surrounded by decorative motifs of laurel leaves and roses. Three cherubic figures with curly hair and small wings are engaging in artistic activities; one holds a quill, another supports a blank sheet, and the third gazes at the work. The cherubs are depicted in a playful manner, with one clutching a flower and another holding a brush or pen. Below the frame, there are objects including a scroll, an artist’s palette, and botanical elements. The background of the image is a plain, lightly textured surface.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Allegorical Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Hüet

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after Jean-Baptiste Hüet, I after Jean-Augustin Léveillé

Date
c. 1775
Medium
chalk manner printed in red on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.6 x 27.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 7/8 in.) sheet: 25.9 x 33.7 cm (10 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1994.84.3
Credit line
Gift of Neil and Ivan Phillips in memory of Jacqueline Getty Phillips
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • male
  • portrait
  • Artist
  • crayon-manner engraving
  • Huet, Jean-Baptiste
Provenance

Neil and Ivan Phillips, Bedford, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

Inscription

around head in plate: J. BAPT. HUET NÉ le 22 OCTOBRE 1745 J. Aug.n l'Eveillé del.; lower left in plate: J.B. Huet del.; lower right in plate: Demarteau sculp.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B8339C.T.

Watermarks

cross within circle, cut off

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