L'Invite
1775
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1775
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
L'Invite is a 1775 by Louis Rolland Trinquesse, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A woman stands in a room, looking back over her shoulder. She's dressed in 18th-century clothes. Her pose and expression suggest she's flirting with someone out of sight. This work is interesting because it shows everyday life in a subtle way. It focuses on the woman's pose and expression. To learn more about this style, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Although Trinquesse painted in oil, he is best known today for the series of red chalk drawings of full-length female figures in domestic settings to which this sheet belongs. These works fall somewhere between portraiture and genre scenes (scenes of everyday life) and focus on nuances of pose, gesture, and expression. The traditional title of this work suggests the woman is making a flirtatious overture to an unseen male companion.
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Louis Rolland Trinquesse (1746–1799) was a French artist, born in Paris.
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