Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Head of a Musketeer (Cardinal Richelieu?)
Alternate Title:
Tête de mousquetaire
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter, 1881-1973)
Location:
repository: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada) 2004.135
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
1969 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
81 cm (height) x 64.8 cm (width)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); historical; portrait; Old Masters
Description:
This belongs to the series of Musketeers that Picasso painted from 1966 to the end of his life. Highly stylized figures which Picasso depicted with a bright, vibrant palette, these seventeenth century characters are inspired by a lifelong love of masquerade and represent a return to his childhood visions as well as to his Spanish roots. At this late period in his life the artist appears to be in dialogue with the Baroque. This so-called Head of a Musketeer is a reinterpretation of the brilliant Triple Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu painted about 1642 by Philippe de Champaigne. (Source: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; http://www.mmfa.qc.c a/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PICASSO-FAFFM-HO AM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Head of a Musketeer (Cardinal Richelieu?)