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Viller's contemporaries

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.
This is a detailed sketch of a lion's head, positioned to show its profile. The drawing features the lion's broad nose, rounded mouth, large eye, and flowing mane. The facial features are depicted with various curves and lines. The sketch is on textured paper with pencil shading creating variations in the background. Handwritten text at the bottom reads "Leone de l'Escalier du capitol."
Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789
Mezzetin, by Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718–20
Portrait of a Woman as Diana, by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1752
A work made of oil on canvas.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

A few works by Viller, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

With their contemporaries

  1. A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.
    Portrait of Le Roi MaratViller, c. 1795Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. This is a detailed sketch of a lion's head, positioned to show its profile. The drawing features the lion's broad nose, rounded mouth, large eye, and flowing mane. The facial features are depicted with various curves and lines. The sketch is on textured paper with pencil shading creating variations in the background. Handwritten text at the bottom reads "Leone de l'Escalier du capitol."
    Lion's Head from the Capitoline StaircaseAugustin Pajou, 1752/1756Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789
    Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Mezzetin, by Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718–20
    MezzetinAntoine Watteau, ca. 1718–20Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Their contemporaries

  1. Portrait of a Woman as Diana, by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1752
    Portrait of a Woman as DianaJean-Marc Nattier, 1752Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)François Boucher, 1747Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Their contemporaries, second

  1. Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1723
    Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume DuboisHyacinthe Rigaud, 1723Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Cupids in Conspiracy, by François Boucher, 1740s
    Cupids in ConspiracyFrançois Boucher, 1740sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art