Portrait of Thadée Natanson
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
The blue background of these twelve portraits of Inca kings could have been produced with a variety of pigments that were available in the Viceroyalty of Peru in the eighteenth century: Prussian blue, from Germany; indigo, from the Americas; and smalt, imported from Europe. In the Viceroyalty of Peru, the choice of a blue back-ground for these portraits was strategic, elevating the subjects as blue did in European paintings of rulers and nobles. Following the European tradition, Cuzco’s surviving Inca aristocracy likely commissioned these portraits to document their royal heritage and thus legitimize their political and social authority.
Caption
Édouard Vuillard French, 1868–1940. Portrait of Thadée Natanson, 1897. Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 20 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (52.4 × 39.4 cm) frame: 29 × 24 × 3 1/2 in. (73.7 × 61 × 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Kelly Simpson in honor of Nathan Todd Porter, Jr., 2005.23. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2005.23_PS6.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Portrait of Thadée Natanson
Date
1897
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on cardboard mounted on panel
Classification
Dimensions
20 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (52.4 × 39.4 cm) frame: 29 × 24 × 3 1/2 in. (73.7 × 61 × 8.9 cm)
Signatures
Signed upper right: "E. Vuillard"
Credit Line
Gift of William Kelly Simpson in honor of Nathan Todd Porter, Jr.
Accession Number
2005.23
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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