# Portrait of an Architect

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RESTOUT, Jean-Bernard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/restout-jean-bernard-r0259bd1c085970>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, oval, 57 x 46 cm

## Commentary

This portrait of an architect \(probably a pensionnaire at the Academy in Rome\) was painted in Rome when Restout was in his last year as a pensionnaire at the Royal Academy. The occupation of the sitter is indicated by the traditional instruments associated with that profession. Restout&#39;s vigorous handling of this subject, particularly evident in the face and hands, may be compared with Fragonard&#39;s style in his &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/f/fragonar/father/1/08abbe.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/f/fragonar/father/1/08abbe.html&#34;&gt;famous fantasy portraits,&lt;/a&gt; admired by his contemporaries for their spontaneity.

## Related artworks

- [Study of a Bearded Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/restout-jean-bernard-r0259bd1c085970/study-of-a-bearded-man-r53eac3f2fa29b9>)

## Attribution

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