Medallion Profile Head of a Youth (Grisaille Paintings of Classical Statuary: a set of eight reproductions of celebrated antiques with the addition of niches, pedestals, classical masonry, trees, etc.)
Louis Gabriel Blanchet (1705 - 1772)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1765
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
432 x 342 mm (17 x 13 1/2 in)
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872543
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Medallion profile head of a youth (Grisaille Paintings of Classical Statuary: a set of eight reproductions of celebrated antiques with the addition of niches, pedestals, classical masonry, trees, etc.) by Louis Gabriel Blanchet (1705-1772), circa 1765.One of a set of eight paintings of classical statuary, Grisaille, signed and dated by Louise-Gabriel Blanchet,1765. All are framed in 18th century moulded and white painted frames, but of various dimensions. Reproductions of celebrated Antiques with the addition of niches, pedestals, classical masonry, trees etc.
Provenance
History not known, but from their date probably commissioned by John Parker, later Lord Boringdon, on his Grand Tour; then, from the absence of any reference to them in catalogues or inventories and their plain white frames, probably set into the walls of some garden building; given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
Louis Gabriel Blanchet (1705 - 1772) , artist