Portrait of a Young Man in Armor
Louis Tocqué, Portrait of a Young Man in Armor, ca. 1745-1750, oil on canvas, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Binney, 3rd, public domain, 68.35
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- Title
Portrait of a Young Man in Armor
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1745-1750
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
35 3/4 in x 59 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature/maker's mark: no signature or date
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Binney, 3rd
- Accession Number
68.35
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In 1717, Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) painted a half-length portrait of Peter the Great of Russia posed in this manner with a battlefield in the background. It soon became a convention for princely portraiture of the eighteenth century. Here it is repeated by Tocqué, son-in-law of Nattier, in an unusual horizontal format, which suggests it may have been intended to hang over a doorway as part of a suite of paintings for a salon.
