Portrait of Philippe-Laurent de Joubert
by DAVID, Jacques-Louis, Oil on canvas, 127 x 96 cm
Philippe-Laurent de Joubert (1729-1792) was an important figure in Montpellier, an art collector and founding member of the Soci�t� des beaux-arts in Montpellier in 1779. His portrait by Jacques-Louis David was probably executed in 1786 on the occasion of his election as member of the Acad�mie de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.