The Origin of Painting

painting by Jean-Baptiste Regnault

Created: 1786
Dimensions: 120 cm (height) · 140 cm (width)
Material: oil paint, canvas
Depicts: couple, man, woman, halterneck, sitting, drawing, headscarf, chignon, chestnut hair, daughter, painter, charcoal
Subject: painting
Movement: Neoclassicism
Genre: allegory
Collection: Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Museum of the History of France
Location: Salon des Nobles du Château de Versailles
Owned by: Louis XIV of France, France, Louis XVI of France
Country of origin: France
Set in: Sicyon
Rights: public domain
Inventory no.: MV 7278, MR 2364, INV 7386
commissioned by: Louis XIV of France
exhibition history: Magritte. La trahison des images
instance of: painting, overdoor
significant event: order
title: L'Origine de la peinture, L'origine de la peinture, ou Dibutade dessinant le portrait de son amant

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