Product Description
A countess for the wall everyone faces.
Some portraits decorate a room. This one presides over it. Hang her in the living room or the office, and the space takes on a little aristocratic poise, with a pop pulse underneath.
Titled “Countess of Neoclassical Pop Art”, this work is inspired by Jacques-Louis David's Anne-Marie-Louise Thélusson, Comtesse de Sorcy, painted in 1790 and now in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. Anne-Marie came from the wealthy Swiss Rilliet banking family in Paris and married Jean-Isaac Thélusson, Comte de Sorcy. It was a privileged life, and it brought her before the most sought-after painter in France.
David led the Neoclassical style and painted the established figures of the upper classes and aristocracy, producing some of the finest portraits of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was politically active through the French Revolution and later served Napoleon, helping to shape the Empire style.
He painted her seated in an armchair against a quiet grey ground, in a white dress with an orange sash that barely shows. Our countess keeps that composure and turns the colour up to orange and purple. The old masters meet pop culture.
Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas.
- Creator : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Year of Creation : 2018
- Dimensions : 24"x 36"
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Movement & Style : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas
