ers. Her lips arebright red and her expression is animated. Thispicture may be compared profitably with that byNicolas de Largilliere, a French portrait painterof the same century, whose brilliant rendering ofthe lovely Mary Marguerite Lambert de Thorignyis one of the most striking portraits in the… … BY LARGILLIERE Portraits at the Metropolitan of the chain pressing against the firm flesh of thethroat, the velvet and cloth and embroidery, the softfall of the hair over the bony angles of the cheek andbrow, the pearly surface of the paint, as exquisite asthat of a bit of old Chinese…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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