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Portrait of Nicolas Michel Cury

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French Artist · 1715–1790

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Charles-Nicolas Cochin, a draftsman and critic, was one of the primary tastemakers in France during the 1700s. In addition to creating independent drawings, he produced numerous designs for paintings and sculptures, and illustrated more than two hundred books. Natural talent and academic training prepared him for success, while the connections of his parents, both of whom were engravers, insured t

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Date: 1785
Medium: Black chalk
Culture: French
Department: Drawings
Institution: Getty Museum

Nicolas Michel Cury's slight smile suggests that although he held an important position in the court of Louis XV's government, he was not entirely without humor. Leisure and entertainment were a significant part of Parisian social life, and Cury seems to have possessed the wit and quick mind essential to ensuring success in social and professional circles. Charles-Nicolas Cochin's bust-length portrait of the thirty-two-year-old royal administrator of the forestry department shows a charming member of fashionable, high society in pre-Revolutionary France.

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