Portrait of Marie TORRENT
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2020.12.3.9.FA.GR.C1747.FRAttribution:
Donatien NONNOTTE (French, Besançon 1708 - 1785 Lyon)Description
Framed pastel drawing representing Marie TORRENT born MORIN, wife of the alderman of Lyon, Antoine TORRENT. She wears short and powdery hair adorned with fresh flowers and dressed in a blue silk velvet dress, embelliched with fur on the edges of the collar and sleeves. The cream-colored bodice is trimmed with a large bow at the top.Marie TORRENT comes from a wealthy bourgeois merchant family originally from Lyon. His father Vincent MORIN was the a prévôt of the merchants of Lyon ( the highest-ranking official in a municipal govemment). This pair of portraits was certainly made for their wedding.
Materials
Pastel on paperCardboard
Glass
Wood frame
Origin
circa 1747 France, probably LyonDimensions
Width : 5 cmLength : 50 cm
Height : 57 cm