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The elaborate gold brocade waistcoat is a visual sign of the sitter’s social status and has been left mainly unbuttoned to show off his magnificent lace jabot. He may not have actually owned the waistcoat, however, as it also appears in other male portraits by Tocqué. The artist has emphasised the refinement of the fabrics with typically subtle brushstrokes, rendering the reflections of light on the lace, waistcoat and curtain braid.
Tocqué was one of the most sought-after Parisian portraitists in the later eighteenth century, especially for male sitters, and his work was compared by his contemporaries to that of Anthony Van Dyck.
Title
Portrait of a Man
Date
1747
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 100.3 x W 80 cm
Accession number
NG4097
Acquisition method
Presented by E. Peter Jones, 1925
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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