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, …
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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 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 …
Peace and War
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Allegory of Peace and War (1776) Oil on canvas (136 x 99 cm) The Art Institute of Chicago, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” In 1998 the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) acquired one of Pompeo Batoni´s most beautiful allegorical paintings. The picture was …
Frederick Lord North
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1753) Oil on canvas (93 x 75 cm) National Portrait Gallery (London) To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” Frederick North (1732-92), later 2nd Earl of Guilford, was the son of Francis, 1st Earl of Guilford and Lady Lucy Montagu, …
The Handsome Marquess
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, later 4th Duke of Devonshire (1741) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the image, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720 – 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess …
John Monson of Burton
POMPEO BATONI (1707-1787) John, 3rd Baron Monson of Burton (1775) Oil on canvas: 249 x 175 cm Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab. The only claim to fame this handsome and very elegant young gentleman would have had was to have been portrayed by Pompeo …
A Welsh Diplomat
ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (1728-1779) Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1757) Oil on canvas: 110 x 83 cm Warsaw, National Museum. To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab. Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708-1759) was already a well-known and highly-regarded poet, writer and satirist when he decided to embark on a …
Old Masters 