The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 40 (2005)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 40

"Pastelists at Work: Two Portraits at the Metropolitan Museum by Maurice Quentin de La Tour and Jean Baptiste Perroneau"

Shelley, Marjorie

2005

16 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Marjorie Shelley

Marjorie Shelley is the Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the Department of Paper Conservation.

Met Art in Publication

Jean Charles Garnier d'Isle (1697–1755), Maurice Quentin de La Tour French, Pastel and gouache on blue paper, laid down on canvas — Jean Charles Garnier d'Isle (1697–1755)
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
ca. 1750

Olivier Journu (1724–1783), Jean-Baptiste Perronneau French, Pastel on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on canvas — Olivier Journu (1724–1783)
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
1756