1657
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Pompone II de Bellière is a 1657 by Robert Nanteuil, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white portrait shows a man in a fur-lined coat, looking straight ahead with a serious expression. His curly hair and mustache are detailed, and the background is a plain oval shape with some text around it. At the bottom, there’s a small shield with a coat of arms. The artist used shading to make the face stand out sharply against the dark background. This style makes the fur and skin textures look almost real. Next, check out *chiaroscuro* to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
Robert Nanteuil (French pronunciation: ; 1623 – 9 December 1678) was a French portrait artist: engraver, draughtsman and pastellist to the court of Louis XIV.
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