FRANS POURBUS THE YOUNGER (1570-1622) Portrait of Guillaume du Vair (1616-1620) Oil on canvas (61 x 51 cm) Musée du Louvre To enlarge the picture, click on it and open it in a new window Some painters escape a clear categorisation; this is due to the fact that their works show an uneven quality that …
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I am interested in European art from the XVI to the XIX centuries. The purpose of this blog is to contact like-minded persons, to share the fruit of my studies with them and exchange information and knowledge.
A Royal Masterpiece
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1789) Oil on canvas (239 x 147) National Gallery, London To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" Over the centuries, some paintings, mainly portraits, have been rejected by the people who commissioned them despite their excellent quality. Eventually, time and fine …
The Beautiful Mrs Bewicke
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) Mrs Calverley Bewicke (1790-95) Oil on canvas (75 x 62 cm) Private collection To enlarge the picture, click on it and open it in a new window Around the time when Lawrence painted the portrait of his friend and benefactor, William Lock, he portrayed a beautiful woman named Margaret Bewicke (1762-1859). …
The Younger Linley
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) Portrait of William Linley (1787-89) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) Dulwich Picture Gallery, London To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" William Linley (1771–1835) was one of seven musical siblings born to Thomas Linley the elder and his wife Mary Johnson. He was …
The Old Countess
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) Susannah Harley, Countess of Oxford (1790) Oil on canvas (127 x 101) Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" Around 1790, Lawrence painted the endearing portrait of the elderly Countess of Oxford, Susannah Archer (1728-1804), who was the daughter of the …
A Young Lady In Blue
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Portrait of an unknown lady (1753) Oil on canvas (65 x 54 cm) National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden To enlarge the image, click on it and "Open in a new window" The identity of this pretty young lady is not known; according to the museum’s website, she is described as “An unknown lady, …
A Great Friend
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) The painter Joseph-Marie Vien (1757) Oil on canvas (50 x 39 cm) Château and National Museum of Versailles To enlarge the image, click on it and "Open in a new window" Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809) was Roslin’s closest friend. He was one of the witnesses to his marriage in 1759 and helped him …
A Swedish Nobleman
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Baron Leonard Klinckowström (1758) Oil on canvas (90 x 70 cm) Synebrichoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland To enlarge the image, click on it and "Open in a new window" Thure Leonard Klinckowström (1735 - 1821) was a Swedish baron, Chief Marshal and President of the Court of Wismar (named after the city …
A Beautiful Sitter
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Portrait of Marie-Suzanne Giroust, the painter´s wife (1763) Oil on canvas (56 x 46 cm) National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" This beautiful and charming portrait of his wife is apparently the first one Roslin painted. It is dated 1763, which …
Allegory of the Arts
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Allegory of the Arts (1740) Oil on canvas (175 x 138 cm) Frankfurt, Städelisches Museum To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” In 1740, Pompeo Batoni began to work on a large canvas that was commissioned by a Florentine nobleman, the Marquess Vincenzo Riccardi. The subject …
Old Masters 