Portrait of Mademoiselle Doré holding a rose after François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) Oil on canvas, 18th century Carved and stucco wood frame, gilded on the back Dimensions (frame included)…… Read more “Portrait of Mademoiselle Doré”

This elegant genre scene depicts a market scene with its stalls and different crafts. The composition is centred around an oyster seller and a couple of young people, maybe clients, whose silky, bright, refined coloured clothes and contrast with the peasant women’s and sellers’. They are the object of all attention as evidenced by the attitudes and looks directed at them.

This painting shows a man facing us obliquely. He is wearing a top hat, his hair is styled in rolls and tied with a grey silk ribbon. This self-portrait of painter Joseph Ducreux (1835-1802), also known as “the mocker”, is considered the artist’s most remarkable work. His title matches his beckoning gesture, keen gaze fixed forward, frowning brow, vermilion lips grinning broadly. He is dressed in a ruffled cuffed shirt, a waistcoat hemmed with a red braid and a tawny coat with a high collar and a frill.

The sculptor is shown standing, perhaps in his study, head turned three-quarters to the left. He is dressed in a fashionable black jacket that reveals a white shirt with a gathered frill and a casually unbuttoned waistcoat. He’s also wearing an orange Garat-style tie – vaporous, loose ends with bronze green and white stripes.