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Pastel Portraits: Images of Eighteenth-Century Europe
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 68 | NUMBER 4

Pastel Portraits: Images of Eighteenth-Century Europe

Baetjer, Katherine, and Marjorie Shelley
2011
50 pages
75 illustrations
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Marjorie Shelley

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

Katharine Baetjer

Katharine Baetjer is a curator emerita in the Department of European Paintings.

Met Art in Publication

François de Jullienne (1722–1754) and Marie Elisabeth de Jullienne (Marie Elisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724–1795), Charles Antoine Coypel French, Pastel, black chalk, watercolor, and traces of black chalk underdrawing on four joined sheets of handmade blue laid paper, mounted on canvas and adhered to a keyed stretcher
François de Jullienne (1722–1754) and Marie Elisabeth de Jullienne (Marie Elisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724–1795)
1743
Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket, Benedetto Luti Italian, Pastel and chalk on blue laid paper, laid down on paste paper
Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket
1717
Study of a Girl in Red, Benedetto Luti Italian, Pastel and chalk on blue laid paper, laid down on paste paper
Study of a Girl in Red
1717
Gustavus Hamilton (1710–1746), Second Viscount Boyne, in Masquerade Costume, Rosalba Carriera Italian, Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas
Gustavus Hamilton (1710–1746), Second Viscount Boyne, in Masquerade Costume
1730–31
Pleasure, Anton Raphael Mengs German, Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas
Pleasure
ca. 1754
Mrs. Edward Green (Mary Storer), John Singleton Copley American, Pastel on laid paper, mounted on canvas, American
Mrs. Edward Green (Mary Storer)
1765
Ebenezer Storer II, John Singleton Copley American, Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, American
Ebenezer Storer II
ca. 1767
Medea, Charles Antoine Coypel French, Pastel
Medea
ca. 1715
The Two Sisters, Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non French, Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas
The Two Sisters
1770
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)
ca. 1750
Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774), Maurice Quentin de La Tour French, Pastel on blue paper, arched top
Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774)
ca.1745
Olivier Journu (1724–1783), Jean-Baptiste Perronneau French, Pastel on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on canvas
Olivier Journu (1724–1783)
1756
Madame Elisabeth de France (1764–1794), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard French, Pastel on blue paper, seven sheets joined, laid down on canvas
Madame Elisabeth de France (1764–1794)
ca. 1787
Portrait of a woman, her head turned to the right, wearing an earring, Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) British, Pastel on blue laid paper
Portrait of a woman, her head turned to the right, wearing an earring
1770–72
William Man Godschall (1720–1802), John Russell British, Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas
William Man Godschall (1720–1802)
1791
Mrs. William Man Godschall (Sarah Godschall, 1730–1795), John Russell British, Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas
Mrs. William Man Godschall (Sarah Godschall, 1730–1795)
1791
Robert Shurlock (1772–1847), William Russell British, Pastel on paper
Robert Shurlock (1772–1847)
ca. 1805

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Baetjer, Katharine, and Marjorie Shelley. 2011. Pastel Portraits: Images of 18th-Century Europe. New York : New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Distributed by Yale University Press.