Profile Portrait of a Man
1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Profile Portrait of a Man is a 1850 by Louis Rolland Trinquesse, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man's profile. He's looking straight ahead. The artist used a technique to make a copy of the image, which is interesting because it helps us see how the artist thought about their work. You can learn more about this technique, called sfumato, and similar works at the museum where this painting is held, but for now, check out the work of Louis Rolland Trinquesse.
This portrait bust is a counterproof: the reverse image of a composition, made by placing blank paper on top of a drawing and transferring the design with pressure. Eighteenth-century artists frequently made counterproofs of their drawings to replicate their work. This process also enabled them to experience how their images would appear if they were reproduced as prints.
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Louis Rolland Trinquesse (1746–1799) was a French artist, born in Paris.
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