Portrait of a Lady as Pomona
1700
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
1700
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Portrait of a Lady as Pomona is a 1700 oil by Nicolas Fouché, a Rococo painting work, held at Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
This painting depicts a woman dressed in an orange robe, holding an apple in her right hand. She is standing in front of a table with a basket of fruit on it. The background is a landscape with trees and a body of water. The woman's hair is styled in an updo, and she is wearing a blue ribbon around her waist. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of serenity and elegance. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality in the painting. If you're interested in learning more about this technique, you can look up chiaroscuro.
Nicolas Fouché (1653–1733) was a French painter. Fouché was born in Troyes, the son of painter Léonard Fouché. He was received into the Académie de Saint-Luc on 15 March 1679. The abbé de Monville, biographer of Pierre…
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