Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck
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| Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck | |
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| Artist | Joseph Duplessis |
| Year | 1775 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 99.5 cm × 80.5 cm (39.2 in × 31.7 in) |
| Location | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck is a 1775 portrait painting by the French artist Joseph Duplessis featuring the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It shows him sitting at a spinet.[1]
Celebrated for his operas, Gluck has made his name at the Habsburg court in Vienna. He sat for Duplessis, a fashionable portraitist, during an extended visit to Paris in the mid-1770.
Gluck was particularly pleased with the finished result, which he hung with pride in his house. The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1775 at the Louvre.[2] A bust of Gluck by Jean-Antoine Houdon was also displayed.[3] The picture is now in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.[4]
