Portrait of Pierre Seriziat

The Portrait of Pierre Seriziat is a 1795 oil canvas portrait by French artist Jacques Louis David. The portrait shows an elegant and wealthy Frenchman, Pierre Seriziat, seated outdoors on top of a rock. The painting is one of pair done by David for Seriziat and his wife Emilie. The companion piece, Portrait of Emilie Seriziat, shows a woman in a white dress indoors, holding flowers in one hand and the hand of a child in the other. Both painting are held in the Louvre in Paris.

Location Museé du Louvre, Paris, France Type Oil Canvas Dimensions 8.7 x 6.3 in