Who painted “The beautiful Strasbourgian”?

“The beautiful Strasbourgian” was painted by Nicolas de Largillière in 1703. Where to see it: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg.

Baroque

What to look for

Baroque: Renaissance painting is calmer and evenly lit; Rococo after it is lighter, paler and playful. Dutch Golden Age painting is the Protestant, everyday side of the same century.

Nicolas de Largillière (baptised 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French painter and draughtsman. From 1733 until 1735, he was director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture. Wikipedia

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“Portrait of Marguerite de Sève”, 1729
“Portrait of a Young Nobleman”, 1714
“Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises”, 1729