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Miniature Portrait of César François Cassini de Thury, c1750. Creator: Jean-Marc Nattier.

Miniature Portrait of César François Cassini de Thury, c1750. Creator: Jean-Marc Nattier.

3-002-817 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Miniature Portrait of César François Cassini de Thury, c1750. Nattier was regarded as one of the foremost portrait painters at the court of Louis XV (reigned 1715-1774). He occasionally turned to miniature painting, as demonstrated by this likeness of Cassini de Thury (1714-1784), a distinguished astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory, shown seated at his desk taking a pinch of snuff from a gold box.

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Creator
  1. Jean-Marc Nattier, attributed to: French: Artist, painter, pastelist, publisher
Subject
  1. César François Cassini de Thury: French: astronomer and cartographer
Medium
  1. Watercolour on ivory
Picture Type
  1. Miniature
  2. Portrait
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Artistic Representations Portraits

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Science & Nature Astronomy

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4455x4960
File Size : 64,737kb

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  1. 38.101
  1. 1100001380
  1. 3-002-817
  1. 3002817
  1. 38.101

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