Art images copyright© of artist or assignee
Artist Costumed as "The Chinese Ambassador" at the 1748 Roman Carnival Masquerade
Auction: 05/21/2025
Lot: 32
Subscribe or get free alerts
Jean Barbault AUCTION RECORDS
1705/18 Viarmes, near Chantilly - 1766/62 Rome, Italy. Known for: Painting.
JEAN BARBAULT (1718-1762), LA FRASCATANE, OIL ON CANVASJean Barbault (1718-1762), a painter who was 'delicious and delectable, not without a touch of humour. an outstanding colourist', as Pierre... Read full biography
JEAN BARBAULT (1718-1762), LA FRASCATANE, OIL ON CANVASJean Barbault (1718-1762), a painter who was 'delicious and delectable, not without a touch of humour. an outstanding colourist', as Pierre Rosenberg describes him (Le siècle de Louis XV, peinture française de 1710 à 1774, Ottawa, 1976, pp.... Read full biography
JEAN BARBAULT (1718-1762), LA FRASCATANE, OIL ON CANVASJean Barbault (1718-1762), a painter who was 'delicious and delectable, not without a touch of humour. an outstanding colourist', as Pierre Rosenberg describes him (Le siècle de Louis XV, peinture française de 1710 à 1774, Ottawa, 1976, pp. 28-29), remained in obscurity for a long time before being brought out of the shadows in 1974 with the first monographic exhibition devoted to his work.Barbault's life was one of ups and downs: he began... Read full biography
JEAN BARBAULT (1718-1762), LA FRASCATANE, OIL ON CANVASJean Barbault (1718-1762), a painter who was 'delicious and delectable, not without a touch of humour. an outstanding colourist', as Pierre Rosenberg describes him (Le siècle de Louis XV, peinture française de 1710 à 1774, Ottawa, 1976, pp. 28-29), remained in obscurity for a long time before being brought out of the shadows in 1974 with the first monographic exhibition devoted to his work.Barbault's life was one of ups and downs: he began as a student of the austere Jean Restout (1692-1768) in Paris, but thanks to the esteem in which its director, Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752), held him, he was able to enter the Académie de Saint-Luc in Rome without passing the competitive... Read full biography
JEAN BARBAULT (1718-1762), LA FRASCATANE, OIL ON CANVASJean Barbault (1718-1762), a painter who was 'delicious and delectable, not without a touch of humour. an outstanding colourist', as Pierre Rosenberg describes him (Le siècle de Louis XV, peinture française de 1710 à 1774, Ottawa, 1976, pp. 28-29), remained in obscurity for a long time before being brought out of the shadows in 1974 with the first monographic exhibition devoted to his work.Barbault's life was one of ups and downs: he began as a student of the austere Jean Restout (1692-1768) in Paris, but thanks to the esteem in which its director, Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752), held him, he was able to enter the Académie de Saint-Luc in Rome without passing the competitive examination. However, Barbault did not seem to benefit from the artistic abundance offered by the Eternal... Read full biography
Jean Barbault - Auction Lots
Showing 1-6 of 6 records (34 for subscribers)
Jean Barbault 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSubscribe or get free alerts
- No Image Provided
Subscribe or get free alerts
Showing 1-6 of 6 records (34 for subscribers)