Date : 1747
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting (Portrait)
Area related
France
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As a portraitist, Aved was concerned with capturing the character of his sitters, not just their physical appearance. Here Marc de Villiers (1671-1762), one of the secretaries to King Louis XV, is depicted with parliamentary and state papers on his desk to demonstrate his status. In contrast to more formal official portraits, however, Villiers, in casual evening dress, is shown in his personal study looking up from a volume of Homer's Iliad, indicating that he is also a gentleman scholar.
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