Madame la Marquise de Coëtlogon
ca. 1777
Medium
Pencil(?), black and red chalk, watercolor with white chalk highlights
Dimensions
12 3/16 x 8 7/16 in. (31 x 21.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.580
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Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of pre-Revolutionary France with *Madame la Marquise de Cologon*, a captivating portrait drawing by Louis de Carmont, created around 1777. Carmontelle, a versatile artist, actor, and draughtsman (1717–1806), was renowned for his lively depictions of aristocratic and theatrical figures, often blending Rococo charm with emerging Neoclassical precision. This work, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Robert Lehman Collection immortalizes the poised marquise, embodying the refined sophistication of 18th-century nobility just before the upheavals of 1789. Crafted ...