Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck
| Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Joseph Duplessis |
| Year | 1775 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 99.5 cm × 80.5 cm (39.2 in × 31.7 in) |
| Location | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck is a 1775 portrait painting by the French artist Joseph Duplessis featuring the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It shows him sitting at a spinet.[1]
Celebrated for his operas, Gluck has made his name at the Habsburg court in Vienna. He sat for Duplessis, a fashionable portraitist, during an extended visit to Paris in the mid-1770.
Gluck was particularly pleased with the finished result, which he hung with pride in his house. The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1775 at the Louvre.[2] A bust of Gluck by Jean-Antoine Houdon was also displayed.[3] The picture is now in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.[4]
References
- ^ Prohaska pp. 110–11
- ^ Tolley p.137
- ^ Poulet p.187
- ^ "Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Kunstwerke - Kunsthistorisches Museum". KHM.at. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
Bibliography
- Poulet, Anne L. Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press, 2003.
- Prohaska, Wolfgang. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: The Paintings. Beck, 2004.
- Tolley, Thomas. Painting the Cannon's Roar: Music, the Visual Arts and the Rise of an Attentive Public in the Age of Haydn. Taylor & Francis, 2017.