Portrait of a Negress - BENOIST, Marie-Guillemine - WGA
Portrait of a Negress by BENOIST, Marie-Guillemine
Portrait of a Negress by BENOIST, Marie-Guillemine

Portrait of a Negress

by BENOIST, Marie-Guillemine, Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm

This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1800. It was praised by the public and the critics for the purity of the drawing and the skill of the colouring combined with a plastic strength lacking in the earlier portraits, achieved by the faithful application of David’s aesthetic.

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