Caption

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog and a Monkey, by Nicolas de Largillière 1656–1746, French painting, portraits, female portrait, monkey, oil on canvas, c. 1700–1720; 135 × 106 cm., A seated woman with pale skin and powdered hair styled in curled updos with a red flower at the side wears a flowing silk gown in shades of cream, pale gold, and soft pink with lace trim; she looks slightly to her right with a calm expression and has one arm resting on draped fabric while the other reaches toward a dark brown dog with an open mouth and visible teeth that sits beside her on a deep red velvet cloth; behind her are leafy green and brown trees and bushes, and to the left among foliage a small monkeylike creature with a pale face and dark fur peers out, its arm extended; the overall palette includes cream, gold, pale pink, red, brown, green, and dark gray tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_309

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.1Mb (2.0Mb) / 10.4in x 13.5in / 3113 x 4055 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Lady Dog Monkey Nicolas de Largillière 1656–1746 French painting portraits female portrait monkey oil canvas c 1700–1720 seated woman pale skin powdered hair styled curled updos red flower side wears flowing silk gown shades cream pale gold soft pink lace trim looks slightly right calm expression arm resting draped fabric reaches dark brown dog open mouth visible teeth sits beside deep red velvet cloth leafy green brown trees bushes left foliage small monkeylike creature pale face dark fur peers arm extended palette includes gold pale pink brown green dark gray tones.