Family group portrait, Jean Martin Renaud (French, Sarreguemines 1746–1821 Paris), 1790–1810, French, Wax on slate, 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (12.1 × 16.5 cm), Medals and Plaquettes, Jean Martin Renaud (French, Sarreguemines 1746–1821 Paris), Renaud was a prolific modeler of small portraits and scenes in wax and clay, which he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon. Here, he vies with his Neoclassical contemporaries in painting by presenting a tender vignette, using hints of costume and posture to define the generations: the burly man at right, in a fashionable high collar, has dismounted, still wearing his spurs, to be greeted by his wife, their four children, and an older man—his father or hers, or perhaps a tutor
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Family group portrait, Jean Martin Renaud, French, Sarreguemines 1746–1821 Paris, 1790–1810, Wax, slate, 4 3/4, 6 1/2, 12.1, 16.5 cm, Medals, Plaquettes, Sarreguemines, 1746–1821, Paris, Renaud, prolific modeler, small portraits, scenes, wax, clay, exhibited regularly, Paris Salon, vies, Neoclassical contemporaries, painting, presenting, tender vignette, using hints, costume, posture, define, generations, burly man, right, fashionable high collar, dismounted, wearing, spurs, greeted, wife, four children, older man—, father, hers, perhaps, tutor
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