French Noble Couple '700

Pair of oil on canvas paintings measuring 92 x 75 cm without frame and 102 x 87 cm with frame depicting a nobleman and a rich lady by the painter Antoine Pesne ( Paris 1683 - Berlin 1757 ).

This pair depicts him with a simple image with his hair cropped and his gaze turned towards the viewer, in its formal simplification, but with an intense expressive characterisation, framed frontally, with the whole bust, she with the ‘use of blue and pink tints in the drapery and the monochrome background make the protagonist's face stand out, which appears smooth and luminous with the addition of a few simple and elegant gestures and precious objects.
These canvases realistically and colourfully depict important figures of high rank in France.

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Mr. Riccardo Moneghini
Art Historian