CHARLIER Jacques (1720-1790) , VENUS GETTING OFF HER CHARIOT, LARGE MINIATURE, CIRCA 1770

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on velum, protected under glass

ARSTIST: CHARLIER Jacques (1720-1790)

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FRAME : Regency carved and gilded wood frame

PORTRAIT SIZE: 22,5x16cm

FRAME SIZE: 35x28cm

DESCRIPTION :

Very large miniature by Jacques Charlier (1720-1790), showing Venus, naked, descended from her chariot. At her feet, Loves preparing her arrows or gathering doves (love symbols). 

The work is characteristic of the master’s own hand : worked in the thick gouache for the background, the shadows of the body made of a wide green dotted.

Charlier often repeated the paintings of his contemporary François Boucher, with whom he worked closely. He also created many miniature subjects. Painter of the King, he had a huge success.

His miniatures, on large-format velines, are rare in France (the Louvre has only one : inventory RF4270), most having disappeared during the French Revolution, or now in London at the Wallace Collection


CONDITION: Very good original condition

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe