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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
- Dimensionsheight 62.8 cm x width 49 cm, weight 6.9 kg
- Physical characteristicspastel on vellum