Collection

Portrait of Jacques Necker

Francois-Elie Vincent

  • Portrait of Jacques Necker 2
  • Portrait of Jacques Necker 3
Basic information
ID
Г-III-7
Author
Francois-Elie Vincent
Name
Portrait of Jacques Necker
Date of creation
after 1781
Country
France
Technique
painting
Material
ivory gouache
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
8.6 x 6.7
Information about author
Author
Francois-Elie Vincent
Artist's lifetime
1708–1790
Biography
Francois-Elie Vincent was a French portrait painter, miniaturist, and enameller of Swiss origin. He was a professor and director of the Académie de Saint-Luc in Paris. From 1780, he had the status of a court artist of royal princesses (sisters of the king).
Object description
The miniature replicates an oil portrait by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1781), which is stored in Versailles. Jacques Necker is depicted in accordance with the fashion of that time, in particular with a powdered hairstyle, in a blue jerkin, a white jabot, and a silk neckerchief around his neck. The miniature is in a bronze oval frame with convex glass on the obverse and reverse. On the back of it there is an ivory plate with the inscription: A mon ange (To my angel); it is placed obliquely.
Inscriptions
On the left above the character’s shoulder there is the author's signature.
Portrayed person
The name of the person portrayed
Jacques Necker
Lifetime of the person portrayed
1732–1804