# Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck at the Spinet [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DUPLESSIS, Joseph-Siffred]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 99,5 x 80,5 cm ## Commentary During the reign of Louis XVI Duplessis was a portraitist in Paris. The most popular of his numerous portraits is that representing the great composer Gluck. It was painted during the Gluck's stay in Paris on the occasion of the first performances of his operas Iphigeneia in Aulis and Armida. <P>Listen to the Gavotte from Gluck's <A href="gluck.html" onClick="w=window.open \('/music/18\_cent/gluck/aulis.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=300'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">Iphigeneia in Aulis</A> ## Related artworks - [Christophe Gabriel Allegrain, Sculptor]() - [Landscape in Blue Monochrome]() - [Portrait of Benjamin Franklin]() - [Portrait of Benjamin Franklin]() - [Portrait of Monsieur de Buissy]() - [Portrait of the Comte d'Angiviller]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()