(b. 1684, Valenciennes, d. 1721, Nogent-sur-Marne)
Actors of the Comédie-Française
c. 1712
Oil on panel, 20 x 25 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
This tiny composition consists of four virtuoso portraits displaying both character and vivid immediacy. Only the head of the young black boy is a stock image, like the roles he probably performed on stage.
