Head of King Louis XV

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Head of King Louis XV

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François Le Moyne

French Artist · 1688–1737

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Consumed with ambition, hard on himself and everyone else, François Le Moyne simply wanted to paint great ceiling decorations. Despite winning the Prix de Rome in 1711, Le Moyne could not visit Italy until 1723 and then spent only a few months there. His Parisian instructor, however, introduced him to the art of Raphael, Correggio, and Peter Paul Rubens. Like his Baroque predecessors, Le Moyne cov

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When François Le Moyne produced this pastel drawing of him, the French King Louis XV was only nineteen years old. Viewed from below, Louis poses informally without a wig, his hair left long and unpowdered. He gazes off into the distance, wearing a calm yet regal expression. Using fine strokes of black chalk, Le Moyne created the young king's gently curling hair. Delicate lines of pastel give soft highlights to his hair, eyes, nose, and slightly pursed lips. Darker shadows around the jaw line form Louis's round and fleshy chin. Le Moyne made this drawing as a preparatory study for the head of the king in an allegorical portrait, *Louis XV Bestows Peace upon Europe.* The work was commissioned in 1729 when the king was trying to build a central role for France as a peacemaker. The painting, which originally hung at the entrance to the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, was as much a tool for propaganda as it was a portrait of the young ruler.

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Artist/Maker
François Le Moyne
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107RJT
Date
about 1729
Medium
Black chalk and pastel, on blue paper (now discolored)
Culture
French
Object Type
Drawing

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3a0b3420-8874-4737-b1ab-53991367b77d
Object Type
Drawing
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Creator
François Le Moyne
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Culture
French
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Medium
Black chalk and pastel, on blue paper (now discolored)
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Department
Drawings
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The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1729
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1729
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End Year
1729
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