Portrait of an officer

Shown in 8 exhibitions

• Nicolas de Largillierre, Petit Palais, Paris, Paris, 1928–1928

• European paintings 1550-1800, Colnaghi U.S.A., New York, 31 Oct 1985–07 Dec 1985

• The inspired spirit: three centuries of European painting, DC-Art (David Cook), Woollahra, Sep 1986–Oct 1986

• The James Fairfax collection of old masters, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Apr 1992–14 Jun 1992

• The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Apr 2003–20 Jul 2003

• European Old Masters 16th-19th Century from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 28 Sep 2017–03 Dec 2017

• Archie Plus, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 2020–07 Mar 2021

• Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023

Referenced in 10 publications

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, The James Fairfax collection of old masters, Sydney, 1992, pp [1], [3].

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1995, Sydney, 1995, pp 24, 56.

• Richard Beresford and Peter Raissis, The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints, Sydney, 2003, pp 111–12, no 29, col illus pp 110, 113 (detail).

• Colnaghi U.S.A., European paintings 1550-1800, New York, 1985, p 64, no 21, illus p 65.

• Emmanuel Coquery (Editor), Visages du Grand Siècle: le portrait français sous le règne de Louis XIV, 1660-1715, Paris, 1997, illus p 153. As 'Portrait d'homme' location unknown.

• Camille Gronowski, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol 17, 'L'exposition N. de Largillierre au Petit Palais', Paris, Jun 1928, pp 321–38: p 336 and note 1. 'Rigaud et Largillierre, peintres de mains' by Jean de Cayeux

• Richard Nagy and Martyn Cook (Curators), The inspired spirit: three centuries of European painting, Sydney, 1986, p 48, no 21, col illus p 49.

• Myra Nan Rosenfeld, Largillierre and the eighteenth-century portrait, Montreal, 1982, p 197, note 7.

• Études d’art [publiées par le Musée National des Beaux-Arts d’Alger], vol 6, 1951, pp 33–56: p 45, illus fig 2, p 40.

• Exposition N. de Largillierre, Paris, 1928, p 20, no 19.

The provenance of this work is under review and records will be updated as new details become available. The Gallery welcomes any information. Contact provenance@ag.nsw.gov.au