Thursday, September 26, 2013

Jérôme-Martin Langlois (Paris, March 11, 1779 - Paris, December 28, 1838), "Portrait of the Comte de M.", 1831


One of my favorite paintings at the Portland Art Museum.  The subject has such character; his smiling eyes and the way his lower lip tucks in under the upper is so charming, touching somehow.  And he looks ready to speak to the viewer - the voice would be basso, certainly, with a rumbling, rolling French.



2 comments:

  1. This is one of my favorites, too. I always visit it when I'm in Portland. It makes you believe that you know this man.

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