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 …
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Alexander, Duke of Gordon
POMPEO BATONI (1707-1787) Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (1763) Oil on canvas: 292 x 192 cm National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Alexander Gordon (1743-1827) succeeded his father, Cosmo George, as 4th Duke of Gordon in 1752 when he was still a child, …
The handsome Agostino
JACOB FERDINAND VOET (1639-1689) Agostino Chigi, Principe di Farnese (c.1670) Oil on canvas (size unknown, probably 76 x 62 cm) Museum of Fine Arts and Lace, Alençon, France To enlarge the pictures, right-click on them and choose "Open in a new tab" When you look at a portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet, chances are that …
A medieval epic
PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (1612-1666) Erminia and Vanfrino tending the wounded Tancred (c.1653) Oil on canvas: 69 x 92 cm The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco (To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab") Born in a small village near Lugano, Pier Francesco Mola moved to cosmopolitan Rome with …
Flowers Galore
JACOB WOUTER VOSMAER (1584-1614) Still-Life of Flowers with an Imperial Fritillary in a Stone Niche (1613) Oil on a wood panel (110 x 79 cm) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam To enlarge the image, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Jacob Wouter Vosmaer was born in the city of Delft. Very little is known …
Old Masters 