The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume 1763
alexanderroslin
minneapolisinstituteofart
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"The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume" is an oil-on-canvas portrait painted in 1763 by Swedish artist Alexander Roslin. The artwork showcases the Comtesse, adorned in a lavish white gown, sitting on a chaise lounge in an ornate interior setting. Roslin, known for his refined portraiture, captures the Comtesse's elegance and grace, highlighting the opulent lifestyle of the European aristocracy in the 18th century. This painting, housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, offers a glimpse into the grandeur and sophistication of a bygone era.
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The comtesse Septimanie d’Egmont Pignatelli (1740–73), depicted here at age twenty-three, was the Jackie Kennedy of Parisian high society in the 1760s. Her father was a trusted adviser to King Louis XV. At fifteen, she married Casimir Pignatelli, comte d’Egmont, descended from ancient nobility of the Netherlands and of Naples and Aragon. The comtesse sponsored many leading figures of the Enlightenment, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Swedish-born Alexander Roslin was famous for his portraits of French aristocrats. He painted the comtesse in a fashionable Spanish-style gown, a reference to her husband’s ancestry. The guitar at her side (she was a gifted player) continues the Spanish theme. The hand-carved, original frame is crowned with the torch of Hymen and the bow and quiver of Cupid, emblems of wedded bliss confirming that the comtesse’s husband commissioned the picture as a gift.
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