Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Lace Jabot Portraits Areas of craquelure but the

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1989 (lot 121)

he undertook missionary work in Asia

Given that this piece was painted in the same year as one of his court appearances

Charles Joseph Watelet (1867-1954)

Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Lace Jabot Portraits Areas of craquelure but theThis mid 18th century French oil painting depicts a bourgeois gentleman wearing a pale grey blue coat with a white waistcoat and a prominent lace jabot. He's reserved, comfortable, and carries the air of a professional contributor to his social milieu. He addresses us directly, turned slightly to the left, with a sense of ease to his pose. His coat has small covered buttons while the jabot spills down the chest in crisp, rhythmical folds. There's a