Louis De Silvestre, Portrait Of Baron Pierre De Gaultier Small Whereas Vincent was broadly more

Whereas Vincent was broadly more naturalistic and used gentler hues to create harmony

This late 17th-century French oil painting depicts Louise Françoise

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and vivid colours

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Louis De Silvestre, Portrait Of Baron Pierre De Gaultier Small Whereas Vincent was broadly moreThis sumptuous early 18th century portrait by leading French artist Louis de Silvestre (1675 1760) depicts Baron Pierre de Gaultier, a nobleman and diplomat active during the final years of Louis XIV and the Regency of Philippe dOrlans. Carrying a sense of calm self assurance, hes a man of cultivated taste. His blue justaucorps, embroidered with gold, conveys rank, while his crimson cloak, ostentatiously lined with gold fabric, rests across his left