Description
本作でナティエはパステルという画材の特色を最大に生かして描いている。ナティエが得意とした優美に仕上げられたモデルの表情と、肌の微妙な色調の取り扱いは、パステルという画材によってますます繊細なタッチ、ニュアンスのわずかな違いをも感じさせる仕上がりとなって完成された域に到達している。貴婦人を描く肖像画家として並ぶもののない代表画家であったナティエは、本作においては、女性の肌がその肌理の美しさを保ちつつも複雑な色調の変化を見せる様子を表現することに成功している。小品ながらその繊細な美しさが際立つ優品。
Data source
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
Last updated
January 9, 2026