Charles-André dit Carle van LOO (Nice 1705 - Paris 1765)

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Charles-André dit Carle van LOO (Nice 1705 - Paris 1765)
Presumed self-portrait with turban and fur collar Black stone, red chalk, white chalk highlights and blue and pink pastel on beige paper Annotated Carle van Loo in black pencil, lower right, on mount Small stains, lined drawing Old labels on reverse of frame: Le Krain, Carle Van Loo,/Portrait of the actor Lekrain, in the role of Orosmane in Voltaire's tragedy: Zaire 47 x 37,3 cm Provenance: Former collection of Soleirol, Paris, 1861, his sale on 29-30 April, Ist and 2nd May, no. 578 Acquired at this sale by Dr. Herpin Passed through the latter's daughter into the collection of Gaston Maugras and then on to the present owner. Bibliography: M. C. Sahut, Carle Van Loo, Premier peintre du roi, exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée Chéret, 21 January-13 March 1977, p. 134, fig. 396, repr. (in reverse) The pleasant, "good-natured" physiognomy, with the smile that emerges in the corner, is evocative of the personality of the painter, whose "natural goodness" Dandré-Bardon praised. Carle Vanloo was an eminent exponent of Oriental fantasies, those "turqueries" that French society was infatuated with, such as The Pasha Painting His Mistress painted in 1737 for Jean de Jullienne (now in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond). The portrait passed for Lekain's portrait in the 19th century. Henri-Louis Caïn, known as Lekain, was a French tragedian (Paris, 1729-1778) who, thanks to Voltaire, obtained a debut order at the Théâtre-Français in 1750. He excelled especially in the role of Orosmane in Voltaire's tragedy "Zaire" of 1732. The model's physiognomy seems to be that of a self-portrait, as in the painted portrait preserved in Leningrad (opus quoted, n°176), or the engraving with the fur cap (opus quoted above, n° 480).
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