Etienne de Silhouette - Profile portrait
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Etienne de Silhouette - Profile portrait
Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767) - French Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV of France. His miserly tenure gave birth to the term a la Silhouette applying to the perception of things as cheap. The cutting of shadow profiles from black paper gained in popularity at a similar time and these simple (and cheap!) alternatives to painted miniatures or sculpture also gained the tag silhouette. This terminolgy subsequently stuck.
circa 1750
Media ID 7194535
© Mary Evans Picture Library/Tom Gillmor
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