Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty
1771
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse Du Barry, Being Offered a Cup of Coffee by Zamor is a 1771 ink by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A woman in a white dress sits holding a small cup, her hair styled in soft curls. Behind her, a servant in a red coat pours something from a pitcher. The background is dark, with a curtain and a hint of a room’s edge. Her face is pale, with carefully painted shadows under her eyes. This is a printed image, not a painting—made using a technique that layers ink for texture. The artist focused on soft light and delicate details in her face. Look up chiaroscuro to see how this play of light and shadow works in other art.
Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty, or simply Gautier d'Agoty (15 September 1740, in Paris – 1786, in Paris) was a French painter who specialized in portraits.
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