# Portrait of the French Consul Le Blond [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARRIERA, Rosalba]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Pastel on blue paper, 58 x 56 cm ## Commentary Portrait of the French Consul Le Blond c. 1727 Pastel on blue paper, 58 x 56 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice Of the three Le Blond brothers, one, a priest, served as secretary to Cardinal Polignac, another filled the office of French Consul-General in Milan, and the third performed similar duties in Venice, where he commissioned the portrait seen here. ## Related artworks - [Autumn]() - [Cardinal Melchior de Polignac]() - [Elderly Lady]() - [Flora]() - [Fortitude]() - [Portrait of a Boy]() - [Portrait of a Gentleman in Red]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Young Girl]() - [Portrait of a Young Lady]() - [Portrait of Barbara Campanini]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()