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Description: | Even though the sitter wears a seventeenth-century costume, he was painted by Decaisne, probably in the first half of the nineteenth century. This is of rather high quality; the artist has depicted the various textures well. This portrait fits into the 'troubadour' style of the 1820s and 1830s, when many artists drew their inspiration from medieval episodes. The return of the monarchy in 1815 gave an impulse to all things connected to the ancien Régime, whilst fashion followed, with ladies wearing medieval and Renaissance-inspired dresses. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Decaisne, Henri (Belgian artist, 1799-1852) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8962... | Go to resource |
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