Jean-Marc Nattier
Portrait of a Gentleman as a Hunter

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Portrait of a Gentleman as a Hunter
Date1727
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions46 1/16 × 36 7/16 in. (117 × 92.6 cm)
Frame: 56 1/8 × 45 5/8 × 3 in. (142.5 × 115.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1992.1
Non exposé

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ProvenancePurchased by Léonel-Rémi-François, Marquis de Moustier (1817–1869), minister of foreign affairs to Napoleon III, c. 1862; by descent, his son René, Marquis de Moustier (1850–1935); by descent, his son Léonel-Marie-Ghislain-Alfred, Marquis de Moustier (1882–1945); by descent, his son Roland, Marquis de Moustier (1909–2001), Château de Bournel, Rougemont, Doubs, France; [Eric Turquin, Paris]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1992.
Exhibition History"A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September 3–November 7, 2004; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, January 29–April 6, 2005; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, December 2, 2006–April 29, 2007.

"Life & Luxury: The Art of Living in Eighteenth-Century Paris," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, April 26–August 7,2011; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 18–December 11, 2011.

"In the Company of Cats and Dogs," Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, June 22–September 21, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated at lower left: Nattier pix. 1727

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