Nicolas de LARGILLIERRE Paris, 1656 - 1746 Portrait of the painter and miniaturist Jacques-Antoine Arlaud (1668 - 1743) Oil on canvas (Extensive repainting) In a carved and gilded oak frame, French work from the Louis XIV period Portrait of the painter Jacques-Antoine Arlaud, oil on canvas, by N. de Largillierre 79 x 63 cm (31,10 x 24,80 in.) Provenance: Private collection in the South of France Comment: Our work is another, smaller and less elaborate version of the portrait of the famous Swiss painter and miniaturist Jacques-Antoine Arlaud (1668-1743) painted by Largillierre in 1714 (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève, inv. no. 1843-0007, fig 1). The artist's face is particularly elaborate, testifying to his talent for depicting flesh. Although the architectural background is not represented here, the painter is shown, as in the 1714 work, copying in grisaille a bas-relief of Leda, then attributed to Michelangelo. We would like to thank Mr Dominique Brême for kindly confirming the attribution of this painting following a visual examination on 15 February 2024.