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- Title Portrait of Madame Isaac de Thellusson
Collection English Heritage
Artist Largillière, Nicolas de
Date 1725
Signed yes
Description Nicolas de Largillière was born in Paris, trained in Antwerp and London, and then established himself in Paris, becoming one of the most successful portrait painters of the era. He was twice the director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. This three-quarter length portrait shows the sitter, Sarah Le Boullenger , mother of the first owner of the Brodsworth estate, facing the viewer and posing against a column and a blue curtain. She wears a powdered wig and is dressed in a saffron-coloured silk robe over a lace-trimmed chemise.
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