Mademoiselle Duplant 1793

It may have taken longer to paint than take a photo, but this painting from long ago has a startling presence and shows incredible technique.

 

Painting by François-André Vincent at the Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon.

 

François-André Vincent was an 18th century French Neo-Classicist painter. 1746-1816. Very few portraits in oil by Vincent exist;

 

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