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Duchesse de Chartres (1726-1759) as Hebe
  • Duchesse de Chartres (1726-1759) as Hebe

    TitleDuchesse de Chartres (1726-1759) as Hebe
  • Technique/ MaterialOil on canvas
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 131 x 105 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 153 x 130 x 11 cm
  • DatingSigned 1744
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Jean-Marc Nattier, French, born 1685, dead 1766
  • Depicted PersonLouise Henriette de Bourbon, French, born 1726, dead 1759
  • CategoryPaintings, Paintings
  • Inventory No.NM 1186
  • AcquisitionPurchase 1873
  • ExhibitedNationalmuseum, Room 1603 18th century
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    The celebrated beauty Louise-Henriette de Bourbon-Conti, Duchess of Chartres, is here “disguised” as Hebe, the goddess of youth. Jupiter, in the form of an eagle, drinks nectar from her goblet. Nattier was possibly the first to paint a portrait featuring this popular costume. There are several versions of the work, but the one in Nationalmuseum’s collection, first shown at the Paris Salon of 1745, is the original.