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Family Portrait
Family Portrait is an oil painting by the Neoclassicist artist Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval. It dates from 1840 and is held in the collection of the Hermitage Museum.
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Overview
Family Portrait is a 1840 oil painting by French artist Amaury-Duval, held in the State Hermitage Museum collection.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a family scene: a man stands beside a seated woman holding an infant, with a small dog on the floor nearby, set against a domestic interior with a view outside.
Technique & Style
The work exemplifies neoclassical portraiture, with detailed rendering of textures, such as the woman's dress, and effective use of left-side lighting to highlight the subjects' faces and clothing.
History & Provenance
Amaury-Duval, nephew of playwright Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval, created the painting in 1840.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Pineux Duval (16 April 1808 – 25 December 1885), better known by the pseudonym Amaury-Duval, was a French painter.
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