ID: 700007846 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007846	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of Théophile Van Robais (drawing (visual work); Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715 - 1783) (French Artis...; 1770; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2005.52)

Note: Before a creamy, beige-green background, Théophile Van Robais meets the viewer's eye directly with a measured and controlled gaze. Rather than filling the composition with genre details, the only hint at a setting appears at right, with the outline of a simple, velvet-backed chair visible in the shadows. Instead, the sitter - an epitome of ancien régime masculinity - wholly commands the composition, particularly with his solid outline, which draws attention to Van Robais's broad chest and secure pose. The tilt of his head and the slight turn of his shoulders from the picture plane gracefully enliven the composition, while his folded arms move with confident poise into the beholder's space, and his slightly parted lips suggest that the sitter is in the act of speaking, rather than sitting passively. The delicate surface of the pastel, which accentuates his closely shaven skin and neatly powdered, single-curl wig, further convey his refinement and elegance.

Titles:

Portrait of Théophile Van Robais (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Portrait d'Homme: Choderlos de Laclos (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1770

Creator Display:

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715 - 1783) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Perronneau, Jean-Baptiste (French painter, ca. 1715-1783) [500023956]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2005.52

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Pastel on three sheets of blue paper, mounted on a prepared canvas

	pastels (crayons) [300122621]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>, crayons (drawing material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 74.3 x 57.5 cm (29 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.); Framed: 94 x 77.5 cm (37 x 30 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Théophile van Robais (Netherlandish aristocrat, 18th century) [500357231]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of Théophile Van Robais	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Portrait d'Homme: Choderlos de Laclos	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)