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Portrait of Joseph Bouër
Also titled Portret van Joseph Bouër
Jean-Etienne Liotard (Genève, 1702–1789)
1746
- Medium
- parchment (animal material)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 62.6 cm x width 49 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Miss Marie-Anne Liotard, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This portrait of Joseph Bouër is the pendant of likeness of his wife Catherine Bégon. Bouër was a successful Genevan banker engaged in trade with Italy. The hand-in-waistcoat pose was in fashion in the 18th century, most notably with Napoleon and Mozart, among others. In the course of the 19th century other poses became popular, such as a hand on waist.
