Portrait of Catherine Bégon

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Portrait of Catherine Bégon

Creator

Jean-Étienne Liotard

Genevan painter (1702–1789) · 1702–1789

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Date
1746
Medium
parchment (animal material)
Institution
Rijksmuseum

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.

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