Jacques d'Agar (Circle), Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Silk Robe Trees His forest views were typically

His forest views were typically enlivened with shimmering water gently progressing under a canopy of beech trees

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Little is known about him but many painters undertook study trips to France during the 19th-century

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Jacques d'Agar (Circle), Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Silk Robe Trees His forest views were typicallyThis enchanting late 17th century French oil painting depicts an elegant gentleman in a silk robe with his right index finger on an open book. Stylistically, its comparable to the oeuvre of Jacques d'Agar (1640 1715). Dressed in a rather ostentatious embroidered silk robe, which is seemingly held closed by his left hand, he conveys the air of an enlightened scholar. Behind, a classical column indicates his distinguished lineage, while an open book