The Portrait of Louise Antoinette Scholastique Gueheneuce, Madame la Marechale Lannes, Dechesse de Montebello, with her Children, is a French work of art created in 1814. Measuring approximately a hundred and two inches in height, oil on canvas this portrait portrays the widow and her children in bright colors showing the importance of the family. Mounted on the wall surrounded within a copper frame that has spiraling butterfly figure. Located next to many other European arts within the Museum of Art History in Houston. The museum purchases the painting by the brown foundation Accessions Endowment Fund and Alice Pratt Brown Museum fund as indicated on the MFAH plaque. The painting shows the five children in various stages from small and still
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The painting was fabricated outside, the leaves on the trees are a shade of both dark and bright green color. The sky is a dark blue tone but still has some light shining through. Mountains are drawn in the far distance, the artist wanted to show the beautiful landscape. The wardrobe is a symbol of the family’s wealth and the time period is represented. Louise Antoinette’s dress is simple but elegant the silk scarf blows with the wind frames with gold detail on the edge framing her face. Her head is Tilted with a slit smile, her cheeky are a light pink color giving warmth to her face. Louise Antoinette is position at the center of the composition highlighting the role she has in the family. The fabric at the bottom intertwines creating a simple texture on her dress. The daughter wears a white dress her shoes are a bright orange color in contrast with her dress, holding the mother’s hand her gaze is serious looking timid. The young girl isn’t holding any type of object. The girl is painted without any items in hand unlike her siblings. The artist made her shin look soft and very delicate; she most likely stays inside with her mother. Louise Antoinette’s right arm rests on the shoulder of …show more content…
Gérard was very talented as a portrait painter and painting the portrait of Louise-Antoinette-Scholastique Guéhéneuc and her Children greatly displayed his heavy psychological intuition which made in able to capture the unite the mother and her children had in a very beautiful way. Gérard was the main portraitist at the French court. This paint has all the characteristics of Gérard’s style, and his greatly complete surface, the vivid render textures. Painting the children with their toys and making them look young and full of life. The painting was admired for it feminine beauty and grace because of how Gérard encapsulated the youthful and charm of the children. The year this painting was made was the same year that Louise-Antoinette-Scholastique Guéhéneuc started to withdraw from society and become devoted to her and her children. Ernest, the son holding the rackets, is the ancestor of Phillipe De Montebello who was the former director of the Museum of Arts in Houston and New York. Louise- Antoinette-scholastique Guéhéneuc, Duchess of Montebello was very respected in the contemporary Parisian high society of aristocratic femininity. Gérard painting was very reflective towards the family because it showed a devoted mother as the family stood next to the statue of their beloved father who died in war. Baron François Gérard, was one of the most
The painting was fabricated outside, the leaves on the trees are a shade of both dark and bright green color. The sky is a dark blue tone but still has some light shining through. Mountains are drawn in the far distance, the artist wanted to show the beautiful landscape. The wardrobe is a symbol of the family’s wealth and the time period is represented. Louise Antoinette’s dress is simple but elegant the silk scarf blows with the wind frames with gold detail on the edge framing her face. Her head is Tilted with a slit smile, her cheeky are a light pink color giving warmth to her face. Louise Antoinette is position at the center of the composition highlighting the role she has in the family. The fabric at the bottom intertwines creating a simple texture on her dress. The daughter wears a white dress her shoes are a bright orange color in contrast with her dress, holding the mother’s hand her gaze is serious looking timid. The young girl isn’t holding any type of object. The girl is painted without any items in hand unlike her siblings. The artist made her shin look soft and very delicate; she most likely stays inside with her mother. Louise Antoinette’s right arm rests on the shoulder of …show more content…
Gérard was very talented as a portrait painter and painting the portrait of Louise-Antoinette-Scholastique Guéhéneuc and her Children greatly displayed his heavy psychological intuition which made in able to capture the unite the mother and her children had in a very beautiful way. Gérard was the main portraitist at the French court. This paint has all the characteristics of Gérard’s style, and his greatly complete surface, the vivid render textures. Painting the children with their toys and making them look young and full of life. The painting was admired for it feminine beauty and grace because of how Gérard encapsulated the youthful and charm of the children. The year this painting was made was the same year that Louise-Antoinette-Scholastique Guéhéneuc started to withdraw from society and become devoted to her and her children. Ernest, the son holding the rackets, is the ancestor of Phillipe De Montebello who was the former director of the Museum of Arts in Houston and New York. Louise- Antoinette-scholastique Guéhéneuc, Duchess of Montebello was very respected in the contemporary Parisian high society of aristocratic femininity. Gérard painting was very reflective towards the family because it showed a devoted mother as the family stood next to the statue of their beloved father who died in war. Baron François Gérard, was one of the most