Portrait of Pierre Antoine de Boyer du Suquet
As the well-educated son of Charles-Nicolas Cochin I, engraver and academician at the Académie Royale, Cochin II enjoyed official favor and advanced quickly. He worked, beginning in 1737, as draftsman for the Menus Plaisirs, recording celebrations and major events of the court in large scale, exquisitely detailed drawings and prints.
Inspired, perhaps, by the antique cameos he had seen in Italy, Cochin created several hundred small scale portrait drawings that span his career and constitute a major part of his legacy. Typically profile views drawn in black chalk, these medallion portraits may have grown out of an antiquarian interest, but were nonetheless stylistically avant garde, and would eventually fuel the taste for profile portraits as an aspect of Neoclassical style.
Perrin Stein, March 2015
Inspired, perhaps, by the antique cameos he had seen in Italy, Cochin created several hundred small scale portrait drawings that span his career and constitute a major part of his legacy. Typically profile views drawn in black chalk, these medallion portraits may have grown out of an antiquarian interest, but were nonetheless stylistically avant garde, and would eventually fuel the taste for profile portraits as an aspect of Neoclassical style.
Perrin Stein, March 2015
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Pierre Antoine de Boyer du Suquet
- Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
- Date: 1776
- Medium: Graphite
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.150.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Multiple artists/makers
1796
Charles Nicolas Cochin II
P. N. Gaucher
1783
Charles Nicolas Cochin II
1763
Multiple artists/makers
1754
Charles Nicolas Cochin II
Augustin de Saint-Aubin
1764
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.