Portrait of Catherine Bégon

Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1746

This portrait of Catherine Bégon is the pendant of the likeness of her husband Joseph Bouër. She wears a Venetian carnival costume, fashionable at masquerades. The frame is original, like that of her husband's portrait, with the sitter’s coat-of-arms carved into it.

  • Artwork typedrawing, pastel
  • Object numberSK-A-233
  • Dimensionsweight 6.9 kg, height 62.8 cm x width 49 cm
  • Physical characteristicspastel on vellum