Portrait of a Statesman
unknown (French School)
Basic information
- ID
- Ж-195
- Author
- unknown (French School)
- Name
- Portrait of a Statesman
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- duplicated canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 80 x 65
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- portraiture
- Plot
- Portrait
- Provenance
- the Wybranowski collection
- Exposition
- Potocki Palace
Information about author
Object description
The painting depicts a half-length portrait of a middle-aged man, turned three-quarters to the left, with his gaze directed at the viewer. His dark hair is tied back in a braid. The man is dressed in a dark velvet caftan adorned with embroidery and a blue ribbon across his shoulder. He is holding a French hat. Ceremonial or representative portraits were created for publicity purposes. Such paintings were meant to praise and glorify the person depicted, emphasising their social status, wealth, and prestige. A ceremonial portrait would often include orders of merit. Around the man's neck is a red ribbon, from which hangs the Order of the Golden Fleece (a knightly order founded by Philip III the Good, Duke of Burgundy, 1430). It is a dynastic order, one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious honours. On the man's chest is a large metal cross-shaped Order of the Holy Spirit – the highest order of the French Kingdom during the Old Regime. It was founded on December 31, 1578, by King Henry III and abolished in 1830 by King Louis-Philippe I.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
