Posted 3 years ago
Bitsnbobs1…
(178 items)
Hi all hope your well, this is another of todays finds but I don’t know if it’s a painting or print could anybody help me please
Painting | ||
| Recent comments16882 of 180209 |  |  |
Painting | ||
| Recent comments16882 of 180209 | | |
aura loves this.
Manikin loves this.
Alfie21 loves this.
blunderbuss2 loves this.
fortapache loves this.Apollo1oo1 loves this.
jscott0363 loves this.
vetraio50 loves this.
Vynil33rpm loves this.
kwqd loves this.
dav2no1 loves this.
ttomtucker likes this.Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate
Posted 3 years ago
Bitsnbobs1…
(178 items)
Hi all hope your well, this is another of todays finds but I don’t know if it’s a painting or print could anybody help me please
Help us close this case. Add your knowledge below.
Create an account or login in order to post a comment.
Painting of Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier by François Gérard Paris, Carnavalet Museum.
Thanks
Looks like it's paint on textured canvas. You need to look close to verify that..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_R%C3%A9camier
That’s what I thought
Bitsnbobs123.a, This is interesting, because the temptation is to 'assume' it's a print of a portion of a well-known portrait:
https://artvee.com/dl/portrait-of-juliette-recamier-nee-bernard/
However, a close examination not only doesn't reveal any dots that you typically see in prints, but whoever the maker was faithfully reproduced the scratches in the ruffle of Récamier dress, but not the ones in the skin of her chest.
I also think they were a bit less than absolutely faithful in the rendering of the gap/shadow between her gown and her left (viewer's right) arm.
That same website that has a high resolution image of the full portrait also has one of a sketch Gérard did of this pose in preparation for the portrait:
https://artvee.com/dl/etude-pour-un-portrait-de-juliette-recamier/
Not to mention a biography of the artist who at the height of his fame painted portraits of everybody who was anybody in Europe:
https://artvee.com/artist/francois-gerard/
So would you say it’s a painting
Bitsnbobs123.a, I'm definitely not an expert.
I suppose it could still be a print of some kind, because while I don't see the tiny dots you tend to see in prints, there is a lack of any discernable brush strokes.
Famous paintings have been copied at all times. Even the artists copied their own paintings. The frame looks fittingly Louis Seize style. Look at the back side to see if the canvas is hand-woven. If so, a new/newer copyist hasn't painted it.
You can see some paint in places but no brush strokes, I think it’s a textured print
The canvas doesn’t look that old