This paper will discuss the formal aspects, contextual analysis and the museum presentation of the following two paintings. Portrait of a Young woman with a Fan by Rembrandt Van Rijn and Alphonse Promayet by Gustave Courbet. The painting of Portrait of a Young woman with a Fan is created in Dutch in 1633 and it exhibits in gallery 637. The Alphonse Promayet is created in French in 1861 and it exhibits in gallery 809. Both galleries are on the second floor of the metropolitan museum of art.
Each painting has its unique form since they are created in different periods. Women is a 50 x 40 inches, oil on wood painting. Promayet is a 42 x 28 inches, oil on canvas painting. The composition of the two painting are very similar which use diagonal …show more content…
It is a portrait painting. The subject is a single women who wears a black skirt. She slowly stand up from a chair. She wears a string of beads on her both hands. She touches the chair with her left hand of which she has a gold ring on the little finger. She also holds a golden watch on her right hand. The gold watch “usually refer to mortality or temperance in Dutch portraits.”[ "Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I.e. The Met Museum. Accessed December 12, 2016. …show more content…
It depicts a standing man who turns his head slightly to the left looking at viewers. He crosses his hand and holds a musical instrument similar to the trumpet on his right hand. He wears a big brown robe which covers his whole body. He has curly hair and thick beard. Promayet is a violinist and he was childhood friend of Courbet. Promayet does not have money so he often stays in Courbet’s studio. Therefore, Courbet paints a self-portrait for him.[ "Alphonse Promayet." Musee d'Orsay. Accessed December 12, 2016.
Each painting has its unique form since they are created in different periods. Women is a 50 x 40 inches, oil on wood painting. Promayet is a 42 x 28 inches, oil on canvas painting. The composition of the two painting are very similar which use diagonal …show more content…
It is a portrait painting. The subject is a single women who wears a black skirt. She slowly stand up from a chair. She wears a string of beads on her both hands. She touches the chair with her left hand of which she has a gold ring on the little finger. She also holds a golden watch on her right hand. The gold watch “usually refer to mortality or temperance in Dutch portraits.”[ "Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I.e. The Met Museum. Accessed December 12, 2016. …show more content…
It depicts a standing man who turns his head slightly to the left looking at viewers. He crosses his hand and holds a musical instrument similar to the trumpet on his right hand. He wears a big brown robe which covers his whole body. He has curly hair and thick beard. Promayet is a violinist and he was childhood friend of Courbet. Promayet does not have money so he often stays in Courbet’s studio. Therefore, Courbet paints a self-portrait for him.[ "Alphonse Promayet." Musee d'Orsay. Accessed December 12, 2016.