Artwork
Jean Restout
Jean Restout is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Jean Charles Levasseur. It dates from 1771 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:recto: lower left in plate: Restout filius Pinx.; lower right in plate: Le Vasseur Sculps.; lower center in plate in name plaque: J. RESTOUT.; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: 29
- Markings
- Marked:none
About this work
Overview
This print is a portrait of Jean Restout, created by Jean Charles Levasseur in 1771 using etching and engraving techniques on laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The portrait depicts Jean Restout in a formal attire, wearing a curly wig, ruffled shirt, and dark coat, enclosed within a round frame with his name inscribed below.
Technique & Style
The artist employed lines to convey texture in the subject's clothing and hair, a characteristic style of 18th-century printmaking.
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