Louis-Gabriel Blanchet (1701-1772) Presumed artist self-portrait

Louis-Gabriel BLANCHET
(Versailles, 1701 - Rome, 1772)
Artist's presumed self-portrait
Oil on canvas
H. 73 cm; L. 60 cm
Circa 1730

Originally presented in a Restoration-period frame with a “Mignard” cartouche, this beautiful painting first appeared to us as a work of Northern Italy. However, it emanated a rather French refinement, suggesting that its creator may have assimilated a dual influence from both sides of the Alps.
We would like to thank our colleague and friend Philippe Mendès for having spontaneously and judiciously “brought out” the name of Louis-Gabriel Blanchet, a Romanized French portraitist, whose spirit and stylistic characteristics we find here.