POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran and his wife. (1767) Oil on canvas (114 x 86 cm) Private coll. To enlarge the picture, click on it and open it in a new tab This beautiful and moving group portrait is unique within the vast work of Pompeo Batoni because, out of …
Month: June 2026
A dull princess
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1792) Princess Sofia Albertina (1775) Oil on canvas (73 x 58 cm) Stockholm, Nationalmuseum This portrait is quite unusual, considering it represents a royal princess and is what was known as a half-length. The usual format employed in France for that kind of portrait was a canvas known as “of 30 sols” (91 …
The handsome Etonian
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) Arthur Atherley Jr (1791) Oil on canvas (126 x 100 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), California, USA To enlarge the picture, click on it and open it in a new tab In 1791, Lawrence began the portrait of a very young and handsome Etonian named Arthur Atherley (1772-1844). …
Old Masters 