Portrait of a painter in his studio - Attributed to Robert Levrac de Tounières (1667- 1752)

French school of the end of the17th century attributed to Robert Levrac Tournières, portrait of a painter in his studio around 1680

Re-lined canvas of 38 cm by 31 cm
Frame of 52 cm by 45 cm

This beautiful painting offers us a painter in his studio accompanied by two young children.

Robert Levrac de Tounières (1667; 1752)

His father, an engraver by trade, had married a widow, the mother of François Lemoyne, of whom he was to be the first master. After completing his classical studies, he entered the studio of one of his parents, a mediocre painter, whom he soon surpassed. A pupil of Lucas Delahaye, then of Bon de Boulogne and Hyacinthe Rigaud, Tournières was received twice at the Royal Academy of Painting in 1702, as a portrait painter and on October 24, 1716, as a history painter. A pupil of Rigaud, for whom he worked in the famous workshop for two years (1698 and 1699) With a real talent as a physiognomist and painter, Tournières enjoyed a very great reputation during his lifetime. Highly sought after in his time, he was the portrait painter of the Regent, chancellors, many political personalities and left more than two hundred portraits preserved for the most part in private collections. His numerous portraits representing characters of various classes: ministers, magistrates, ladies of the court, artists, merchants. With a delicate color, a perfect suitability in the pose and the adjustment, a beautiful elegance in the draperies, he is a recognized and appreciated artist. He gave the French expression of the portrait a particular truth and vigor.