Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

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Jean-Baptiste Perronneau was an 18th-century French painter renowned for his refined pastel portraits and subtle psychological characterizations of his sitters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French artist
human
painter
pastellist
portrait painter
activeIn 18th century
artisticMedium oil paint
pastel
contemporaryOf Maurice Quentin de La Tour NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1715
dateOfDeath 1783
fieldOfWork oil portraiture
pastel portraiture
genre portrait
influencedBy French Rococo portrait tradition
knownFor intimate, realistic portraits
sensitive rendering of character
subdued color harmonies
use of pastel
movement Rococo
surface form: French Rococo

Rococo
nationality French
notableFor refined pastel portraits
subtle psychological characterization of sitters
notableWork Portrait of Jacques Cazotte
Portrait of Laurent Cars
Portrait of Madame de Sorquainville
Portrait of a Girl with a Cat
Portrait of the Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
occupation painter
pastel artist
portraitist
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Amsterdam
representedInCollection Louvre Museum
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Louvre Museum
surface form: Musée du Louvre, Paris

National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London

Rijksmuseum
surface form: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
style delicate modeling of flesh tones
emphasis on sitter psychology
restrained, cool palette
workLocation Bordeaux
England NERFINISHED
Italy
Orléans
Paris
the Netherlands NERFINISHED

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