Portrait of Louis Tocqué

List of the 41 Most Famous Paintings by Louis Tocqué

Updated oktober 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 41 works by Louis Tocqué in our catalogue

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The most widely known painting by Louis Tocqué is Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld (1738), in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The next entries are Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763) (1761) and Portrait of Actor as Apollo (1755). The catalogue documents 41 works by Louis Tocqué; the 41 entries below are the best known, listed in rank order with date, holding museum and description.

1696 – 1772, Pariz Rococo Most works: Ermitaž

Louis Tocqué: the 10 principal paintings

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Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763) (1761) by Louis Tocqué

Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763)

1761 · Oil On Canvas · Statens Museum For Kunst, Kopenhagen

A young nobleman sits in a three-quarter pose, his body angled with a quiet, practiced poise. He wears a coat of cerulean blue velvet, a color so deep it seems to hold the weight of the fabric itself. Beneath this, a waistcoat of gold and multicolored brocade catches the light, its metallic threads catching the eye against the dark, atmospheric background. The lace at his neck and cuffs is a…

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Portrait of Actor as Apollo (1755) by Louis Tocqué

Portrait of Actor as Apollo

1755 · Oil · Ermitaž, Sankt Peterburg

A three-quarter length portrait from 1755 captures a figure transformed by the guise of the deity Apollo. Positioned slightly off-center, the subject gazes upward and to the left, a posture suggesting divine inspiration or celestial contemplation. The composition relies on a dramatic, directional light source from the upper left, casting sharp highlights across the forehead, cheek, and hands while leaving the background in a muted, atmospheric shadow of browns and…

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Portrait of Alexis Piron (?) (1737) by Louis Tocqué

Portrait of Alexis Piron (?)

1737 · Oil On Canvas · Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

The Portrait of Alexis Piron (?) emerges from the shadows of the eighteenth century, a work that invites us to look closely at the man captured within the frame. This oil on canvas, titled Portrait of a Man (Possibly Alexis Piron), presents a face that seems to hold a lifetime of wit and sharp observation. The subject is widely believed to be Alexis Piron, a French poet and humorist who…

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Portrait of Isaac van Rijneveld (1738) by Louis Tocqué

Portrait of Isaac van Rijneveld

1738 · Oil On Canvas · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Portrait of Isaac van Rijneveld is an oil on canvas work by Jean Louis Tocqué, executed about 1738. The sitter, Isaac van Rijneveld (1706–92), was a Dutch subject and the brother of Arnoldus van Rijneveld. The two brothers were part of a family of prominent Amsterdam jewelers, the sons of Jan van Rijneveld.

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Marie Leczinska, Queen of France (1740) by Louis Tocqué

Marie Leczinska, Queen of France

1740 · Oil On Canvas · Louvre, Pariz

In the grand tapestry of 18th-century French portraiture, few works capture the intersection of personal grace and political power as profoundly as Jean Louis Tocqué’s Marie Leczinska, Queen of France. Completed in 1740, this monumental oil on canvas serves as a breathtaking window into the opulent world of the Bourbon court. The portrait does not merely present a likeness; it orchestrates an encounter with royalty. As the viewer gazes upon…

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Portrait of a Man (1747) by Louis Tocqué

Portrait of a Man

1747 · Oil On Canvas · National Gallery, London

Portrait of a Man is an oil on canvas work by the French painter Jean Louis Tocqué. Created in 1747, the piece captures a moment of stillness through the artist's practiced hand. Tocqué, born in Paris, France, in 1696, brought the refined sensibilities of the Parisian Salon to this specific depiction. He remained in Paris until his death in 1772.

Louis Tocqué: entries 11 to 41

11Portrait of a Man 'en robe de chambre' (1740) by Louis TocquéPortrait of a Man 'en robe de chambre'1740 · Bowes Museum 12Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1734) by Louis TocquéJean-Louis Lemoyne1734 13Portrait of Louis Galloche (1670-1761), painter (1734) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Louis Galloche (1670-1761), painter1734 14Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1741) by Louis TocquéCount Carl Gustaf Tessin1741 · Nationalmuseum 15Louis-Antoine Crozat, baron de Thiers (1740) by Louis TocquéLouis-Antoine Crozat, baron de Thiers1740 · Narodni muzej za umetnost, arhitekturo in dizajn 16Portrait of Marquis de Lucker (1743) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Marquis de Lucker1743 17Madame Dangé Making Knots (1753) by Louis TocquéMadame Dangé Making Knots1753 18Portrait of a Woman (1750) by Louis TocquéPortrait of a Woman1750 19Portrait of a Young Lady with a Muffs (1749) by Louis TocquéPortrait of a Young Lady with a Muffs1749 · Museum Mayer van den Bergh 20Portrait of Abel Poisson, marquis de Marigny (1727-1781), superintendent of the King's buildings (1755) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Abel Poisson, marquis de Marigny (1727-1781), superintendent of the King's buildings1755 · Carnavalet Museum 21Portrait of Mme Doyen, née de la Planche, sister-in-law of the painter Doyen (1750) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Mme Doyen, née de la Planche, sister-in-law of the painter Doyen1750 · Carnavalet Museum 22Marie-Thérèse-Raphaëlle, Infanta of Spain, Dauphine of France (1748) by Louis TocquéMarie-Thérèse-Raphaëlle, Infanta of Spain, Dauphine of France1748 · Opera House 23Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1724-1767) (1745) by Louis TocquéFrederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1724-1767)1745 · Bavarske državne slikopisne zbirke 24Portrait of an Abbé (1745) by Louis TocquéPortrait of an Abbé1745 · Birmingham Museum of Art 25Madame de Livry (1745) by Louis TocquéMadame de Livry1745 · Birmingham Museum of Art 26Portrait of Jean-Nicolas Mégret de Sérilly (1702-1752) (1748) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Jean-Nicolas Mégret de Sérilly (1702-1752)1748 27Portrait of Jan Willem van Hoogstraten (1722-1770) (1757) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Jan Willem van Hoogstraten (1722-1770)1757 28Portrait of Ivan Shuvalov (1754) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Ivan Shuvalov1754 · Ermitaž 29Allegorical Portrait of Urania by Louis TocquéAllegorical Portrait of Urania 30Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France (1739) by Louis TocquéPortrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France1739 · Ermitaž 31Jean Marc Nattier (1685–1766) (1740) by Louis TocquéJean Marc Nattier (1685–1766)1740 · Metropolitanski muzej umetnosti 32Portrait of a Lady and Her Daughter (1747) by Louis TocquéPortrait of a Lady and Her Daughter1747 33Portrait of Frederik Berregaard by Louis TocquéPortrait of Frederik BerregaardStatens Museum For Kunst 34Portrait of Countess Ekaterina Golovkina by Louis TocquéPortrait of Countess Ekaterina GolovkinaErmitaž 35Portrait of Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orleans by Louis TocquéPortrait of Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orleans 36Portrait of Anna Stroganova by Louis TocquéPortrait of Anna Stroganova 37Portrait of Elizabeth of Russia by Louis TocquéPortrait of Elizabeth of RussiaErmitaž 38Portrait de Louis de France by Louis TocquéPortrait de Louis de FranceOpera House 39Portrait of Frederik de Løvenørn by Louis TocquéPortrait of Frederik de Løvenørn 40Michel de Grilleau by Louis TocquéMichel de Grilleau 41Portrait of Mademoiselle de Coislin by Louis TocquéPortrait of Mademoiselle de CoislinNational Gallery

Principal subjects in the work of Louis Tocqué

The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.

Louis Tocqué: holding museums

The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.

Museum City Works by Louis Tocqué Paintings from this list
Ermitaž, Sankt PeterburgErmitaž Sankt Peterburg 5 Portrait of Actor as Apollo, Portrait of Ivan Shuvalov, Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France
Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamRijksmuseum Amsterdam 2 Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld, Portrait of Isaac van Rijneveld
Statens Museum For Kunst, KopenhagenStatens Museum For Kunst Kopenhagen 2 Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763), Portrait of Frederik Berregaard
National Gallery, LondonNational Gallery London 2 Portrait of a Man, Portrait of Mademoiselle de Coislin
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, AntwerpMuseum Mayer van den Bergh Antwerp 2 Portrait of a Young Officer, Portrait of a Young Lady with a Muffs
Carnavalet Museum, ParizCarnavalet Museum Pariz 2 Portrait of Abel Poisson, marquis de Marigny (1727-1781), superintendent of the King's buildings, Portrait of Mme Doyen, née de la Planche, sister-in-law of the painter Doyen
Opera House, VersaillesOpera House Versailles 2 Marie-Thérèse-Raphaëlle, Infanta of Spain, Dauphine of France, Portrait de Louis de France
Birmingham Museum of Art, BirminghamBirmingham Museum of Art Birmingham 2 Portrait of an Abbé, Madame de Livry

Louis Tocqué: principal painting of each decade

Works per decade

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Louis Tocqué's paintings: reference questions

Which painting by Louis Tocqué is the most widely known?Display the answer

Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld (1738), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The following entries are Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763) (1761) and Portrait of Actor as Apollo (1755).

What was the age of Louis Tocqué when Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld was painted?Display the answer

42 years: Louis Tocqué was born in 1696 and Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld is dated 1738.

Which ten paintings by Louis Tocqué are the best known?Display the answer

Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld, Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763), Portrait of Actor as Apollo, Portrait of Alexis Piron (?), Portrait of Isaac van Rijneveld, Marie Leczinska, Queen of France, Portrait of a Man, Presumed Portrait of Madame de Graffigny (1695-1758), Writer, Portrait of a Young Officer and Portrait of Countess Loménie de Brienne. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.

How many works by Louis Tocqué are documented?Display the answer

The catalogue records 41 works by Louis Tocqué, dated between 1734 and 1761.

Which museums hold the best-known paintings of Louis Tocqué?Display the answer

Principally in Ermitaž (Sankt Peterburg), Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) and Statens Museum For Kunst (Kopenhagen). The museum table above gives the full distribution.

In which period were Louis Tocqué's best-known works painted?Display the answer

In 1740s: 15 of the 41 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Marie Leczinska, Queen of France.

Which are the earliest and latest dated works by Louis Tocqué on this list?Display the answer

The earliest dated work listed here is Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1734); the latest is Portrait of Frederik Christian Krag (1726-1763) (1761).

Which subjects recur most in the work of Louis Tocqué?Display the answer

Man (7), Portraits (7) and Lace (6), out of the 41 works listed on this page.

Which medium predominates in the work of Louis Tocqué?Display the answer

Oil On Canvas, in 9 of the 41 works listed on this page.

With which art movement is Louis Tocqué associated?Display the answer

Rococo, as documented by the works on this page.

Which works by Louis Tocqué are in the collection of the Ermitaž?Display the answer

Portrait of Actor as Apollo, Portrait of Ivan Shuvalov and Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France are among the 5 works on this page in the collection of the Ermitaž, Sankt Peterburg.

Are reproductions of paintings by Louis Tocqué available?Display the answer

Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.

Louis Tocqué: biographical notes

Jean Louis Tocqué: Portretarji francoskega dvora

Jean Louis Tocqué, ime, ki je morda manj znan kot neki od njegovih sodnikov, predstavlja pomemben osebnost v 18. stoletju francoske portretne umetnosti. Rojen v Parizu leta 1696 in tragično preoblečen leta 1772, je bil Tocqué življenjski potek pomanjkanja med umetniško usposabljanje in privilegijem ujetja podobnosti kraljev in državnikov. Njegova kariera se je razvijala v živahnem, a pogosto tudi nepredvidem svetu pariskega Salona, ključne platforme za umetnike, da predstavijo svoje delo in pridobijo priznanje. Nasledje Tocquéja temelji predvsem na svojih izjemnih portretih, ki so značilni za iziran elegancijo in sposobnost vpletniti v svoje modele občutek dostojanstva in čara – lastnosti, ki so se močno odzvale v dvorskih krogih, kjer je deloval.

Rano življenje in umetniško usposabljanje

Umetniška pot Jean Louisa Tocquéja je začela v senci svojega očeta, prav tako namalovnika, ki je zgodnje smrt leta 1710 v starosti štirinaj let močno oblikovala trajektorijo mladega Luiza. To zgodnje izgubo ga je potrjalo v oskrbo Jean-Marca Nattiera, znanega portretarja, že etabliranega v francoskem dvoru. Ateljé Nattiera je postalo Tocquéje okolje za oblikovanje, kjer je svoje veščine razvijal pod mentorstvom majstorjev kot so Hyacinthe Rigaud in Nicolas Bertin. Ti vplivni osebnosti so mu namestili ne le tehnično znanje, ampak tudi spoštovanje do klasičnih idealov in pedantno pristopanje k prikazovanju forme in podrobnosti. Tocquéje začetno usposabljanje je bilo globoko zakorenjeno v stilu Nattiera – mešanici realizma, elegancije in subtilne teatralnosti – vendar je hitro razvil svoj edinstven glas, vplivan s dinamičnejšimi kompozicijami Hyacinthe Rigauda in iziranimi občutji Nicolas de Largillièreja.

Kraljske naročila in priznanje na Salonu

Vzpon Tocquéja do znamenitosti je bil neodvisno povezan z njegovo sposobnostjo pridobivanja naročil od francoskega dvora. Njegovo najbolj slavno delo, portret Luiza XV (okoli leta 1740), ki ga je naročil njegov pra ded, kralj Louis XIV, stoji kot dokaz njegove veščine in spoštovanja, z katerim je bil. Ta monumentalna slika, zdaj ohranjena v Louvreju, prikaže Tocquéje majstorstvo svetlobe, barve in kompozicije – harmonično spletanje kraljevsko moči in mladostnega čara. Poleg tega velikega naročila je Tocqué stalno ustvarjal portrete pomemnih osebnosti, vključno z Marie Leszczyńska, kraljico Francije (1740), in infanto Maria Teresa Rafaela Španije (1745). Njegovo delo se je redno pojavljalo na prestižnih Salonih med leti 1737 in 1759, kar je utrdilo njegovo reputacijo kot enega najbolj traženih portretarjev svoje časa. Ta wystave niso bile le izložbe; bile so ključne za vzpostavljanje povezav in zagotavljanje nadaljše patronaže.

Pot na vzhod: Portret cesarice Elizabete Petrovne

Leta 1757 je Tocqué zapotoval na znamenitno pot v rusko imperije po vabivu cesarice Elizabete Petrovne. Ta neprecedentna priložnost mu je omogočila ustvarjanje ceremoničnega portreta cesarice, zadatek, ki je utrdil njegovo mednarodno priznanje in rezultiral v zakladu majsterska dela, zdaj ohranjenega v Hermitajjejev muzej v Sankt Peterpurgu. Portret je znan po svoji zapleteni podrobnosti in subtilnem prikazovanju moči in gracio cesarice – dokaz Tocquéje sposobnosti ujetja ne le fizične podobnosti, temveč tudi osebnosti in statusa. To naročilo je pokazalo Tocquéje pripravljenost na potovanje in prilagajanje svojega stila različnim kulturnim kontekstom, s čimer je predstavil izjemno univerzalnost kot umetnik.

Vpliv in nasledje

Tocquéji vpliv se ne omejuje le na portrete, ki so jih ustvarjal; igral je vlogo pri oblikovanju umetniškega pejzaža v Denmarkski kraljevski akademiji umetnosti v 1760-ih letih. Pozvan v Kopenhag, je sprejel funkcijo tam, kjer ni le poučeval, temveč je tudi ustvarjal osupljive portrete denmarkske kraljejske družine. Njegovo delo v Denmarksiji je še širšalo njegov stilski obseg in dokazovalo njegovo sposobnost prilagajanja novim okoljem, ohranjajoč pri tem svoj podpisani elegantnost. Čeprav je Tocquéja količina dela bila gledega manjša v primerjavi z nekimi sodniki, ostajajo njegovi portreti – zlasti tisti, ki so jih naročili kralji – dragocene primere umetnosti iz 18. stoletja. Ponujajo vpogled v življenja in osebnosti vplivnih osebnosti, prikazujejo Tocquéje tehnično veščino, umetniško občutljivost in sposobnost ujetja same essence svojih modeljev. Njegovo delo se še naprej študira in ga se časti zaradi njegove iziranosti lepote in zgodovinskega pomena.

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