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Jean-Martial Frédou
Jean-Martial Frédou (January 28, 1710, Fontenay-Saint-Père – February 26, 1795, Versailles (city), Versailles) was a French painter known for his portraits. Born at Fontenay-Saint-Père, Frédou was attached to the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, Cabinet du Roi housed in the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, Hôtel de la Surintendance at Versailles (city), Versailles, where he was commissioned to render duplicates of official portraits of the French royal family painted by Jean-Marc Nattier, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Louis-Michel Van Loo, Alexander Roslin or Joseph Siffred Duplessis. In his own commissions he often borrowed elements from the original works of these painters, for he was a deft portraitist himself. Between 1760 and 1762 the Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1731–1767), dauphine Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, daughter-in-law of Louis XV of France, Louis XV commissioned informal portraits of herself and her children, for her own use. These portraits, whether in oil or drawn Trois cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ribbon By Fredou
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical spectrum, spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; Azure (color), azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering#Cause of the blue colour of the sky, Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called Tyndall effect explains Eye color#Blue, blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
