Portrait of Jean de Bry
| Artist | Jean-Louis Laneuville (French, 1748–1826) |
|---|---|
| Title | Portrait of Jean de Bry |
| Date | Ca. 1793 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Framed: 34 x 29 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (86.4 x 75.6 x 7 cm) Stretcher: 25 3/4 x 21 5/16 in. (65.4 x 54.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 77.54.1 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A waist-length portrait of a man seated in a simple chair against a plain green background. He is wearing a red waistcost and blue coat, holding a rolled document in his right hand. His expression is neutral as he looks directly at us.
This crisp, penetrating portrait depicts the lawyer and statesman Jean-Antoine-Joseph de Bry (1760–1834). Seated before a simple background, he is dressed stylishly in the fashions of 1790s France. Most of Jean-Louis Laneuville’s extant portraits portray leaders of the French Revolution. De Bry served briefly in 1793 as president of the National Convention, the revolutionary government that established a republic and presided over the execution of King Louis XVI. De Bry may have had this portrait—which was publicly exhibited at the Salon of 1793—painted to commemorate this high point in his political career.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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