Un autoportrait inédit de Nicolas de Largillière chez Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson: généalogie d'une vocation

• Autores: Sidonie Lemeux Fraitot
• Localización: Revue de l'art, ISSN 0035-1326, Nº. 187, 2015, págs. 37-48
• Idioma: francés
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  • An unpublished self-portrait by Nicolas de Largillière owned by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson: the genealogy of a vocation.

    A self-portrait of Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) figured in the collections of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824) and was acquired after Girodet's death by one of his heirs. Its rediscovery in the collection of their descendants provides an additonal image to the six known representations of Largillière between 1695 and 1729. The work, of undeniable quality, was painted around 1699, year that marked Largillière's career since it is then that he became professor at the Academy, and that he exhibited for the first time at the Salon and it is also the year of his marriage. The presence of this painting, never reproduced or copied, is unusual in the collection of a student of David, member of the neo-Classical school. It can be explained by the ties that Girodet's relative, Anne de Faverolle, maintained with Largillière's family: sister-in-law of Marguerite-Elisabeth, Largillière's daughter and unique heir, she inherited a part of the master's works. Equally close to Girodet, her advice directed the young man towards his career as painter although he had been destined to become an architect. It is thus possible that the self-portrait of Largillière was given to Girodet by Madmoiselle de Faverolle as the talisman of a vocation.