Portrait of Denis Diderot is a 1767 portrait painting by the French artist Louis-Michel van Loo. Rococo in style, it depicts the philosopher, writer and art critic Denis Diderot, a significant figure in the Age of Enlightenment in Ancien régime France.[1] It was common in the eighteenth century for writers to be portrayed in dressing gowns to indicate their literary interests.[2]

Diderot himself strongly disliked the painting.[3] [4] It was exhibited at the Salon of 1767 at the Louvre in Paris, which Diderot wrote about extensively.[5] Today it is in the collection of the Louvre, having been acquired in 1911.[6]

References

  1. ^ Milam p.258
  2. ^ Koda & Bolton p.26
  3. ^ Poulet p.147
  4. ^ Peretz p.206
  5. ^ Milano p.46
  6. ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE002831

Bibliography

  • Koda, Harold Bolton, Andrew. Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
  • Milam, Jennifer D. Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art. Scarecrow Press, 2011.
  • Milano, Ronit. The Portrait Bust and French Cultural Politics in the Eighteenth Century. BRILL, 2015.
  • Peretz, Eyal. Dramatic Experiments: Life according to Diderot. State University of New York Press, 2013.
  • Poulet, Anne L. Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Denis_Diderot
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