| Portrait of Alphonse Leroy | |
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| Artist | Jacques-Louis David |
| Year | 1783 |
| Medium | Oil oncanvas |
| Dimensions | 72 cm × 91 cm (28 in × 36 in) |
| Location | Musée Fabre,Montpellier |
Portrait of Alphonse Leroy is a 1783 oil-on-canvas portrait of doctor and man-midwifeAlphonse Leroy by the FrenchNeoclassical artistJacques-Louis David. It is now in theMusée Fabre in Montpellier, which bought it in 1829.
The painting shows its subject looking towards the spectator and leaning on a closed copy ofHippocrates'Morbi mulierum, a work on women's illnesses. On the desk is a 'lampe à quinquet', invented by Leroy himself. Together the lamp and book make reference toCesare Ripa'sIconologia, which states these are the attributes of a study.
The naturalistic attention to detail and its bright tonality show how David was influenced by Flemish painters during his 1781 stay in Flanders. One of his pupils,Jean-François Garneray, assisted in painting the hands and fabrics. The painting was first exhibited at theParis Salon of 1783.
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