Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 3/4 x 41 3/8 in. (136.5 x 105.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1903
Accession Number
03.37.3
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Art Historical Context
In the opulent world of 18th-century Rococo portraiture, Jean-Marc Nier's *Madame Bergeret de Fville as Diana* (6) captures the elegance and fantasy of aristocratic self-presentation. Nattier, a master the Rococo style, specialized in transforming noblewomen into classical goddesses, here depicting Madame Bergeret de Fville as the huntress Diana—Roman goddess of the moon and chastity—complete with bow and arrow. This oil on canvas, measuring over five feet tall, exemplifies the genre's blend of realism and myth, flattering its sitter while evoking the grandeur of Versailles. Painted during th...