"Pastel Portrait Of An Officer In Armor Attributed To Pierre Bernard 18th Century "
Portrait under glass in pastel on velum of a young officer in cuirass and blue velvet jacket, He wears the medal of the order of Saint Louis. In its period gilded wooden frame. Attributed to Pierre Bernard, painter of the navy, French pastel portraitist (1704 - 1777). For a ´complete´ biography of the artist, see Neil Jeffares (Dictionary of pastellists before 1800). Dimensions on view: 62 cm X 51 cm With its frame: 78 cm X 66 cm Very good condition.