THOMAS BARBER (1768-1843) Mrs Garnett (c.1800) Oil on canvas (89,5 x 69 cm) Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, UK To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Mrs. Garnett was the housekeeper at Kedleston between 1766 and 1809. This is a surprising length of time for one who must have risen to …
A Royal Concert
PHILIPPE MERCIER (1689-1760) Frederick, Prince of Wales and his Sisters making Music at Kew (c.1734) Oil on canvas (77,5 x 57 cm) Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, UK To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Philippe Mercier was born in Berlin, the son of a French Huguenot tapestry worker. He studied painting …
Nocturnal Self-Portrait
RICHARD MORTON PAYE (1750-1821) Self-portrait of the Artist Engraving (1783) Oil on canvas (73,5 x 60,5 cm) Upton House, Warwickshire, UK To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Richard Morton Paye was a painter, engraver and modeller. His name first appeared in 1773 when he sent two oil paintings …
Mother and Daughter
JOHN HOPPNER RA (1758-1810) Lady Caroline Capel and her daughter Harriet Oil on canvas (236 x 145 cm) Plas Newydd, Isle of Anglesey To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Lady Caroline (1773-1847) had been married in 1792 to the Hon. John Capel (1769-1819), the first son of the …
John Palmer
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788) Portrait of John Palmer (c.1775) Oil on canvas 76 x 63,8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" John Palmer (1743-1818) is remembered in the history of the English stage as the manager of the Bath Theatre in Orchard Street, which, …
An Allegory
PHILIPPE-LAURENT ROLAND (1746-1816) Allegorical Group with the Bust of an Architect (1780-90) Terracotta: Height 67,3 cm Paul J. Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The son of a wood carver, Philippe-Laurent joined the atelier of the famous Agustin Pajou (1730-1809) at the age of …
Sir Andrew Fountaine
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) Conversation piece with Sir Andrew Fountaine (1730-35) Oil on canvas 47,6 x 58 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" On the left are two young women sitting at a circular table, on which stand a wicker flask, some fruit and …
Vanity
PIETER VAN ROESTRAETEN (1630-1700) Vanitas Still-Life Oil on canvas (146 x 97 cm) Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Van Roestraeten was the son-in-law, as well as the pupil, of Frans Hals with whom he studied from 1646 to 1651. He started painting burlesque genre scenes, …
Castel Sant’ Angelo
GASPAR VAN WITTEL (1653-1736) also known as VANVITELLI Castel Sant' Angelo seeing from the South (1690-1700) Oil on canvas measures unknown Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Gaspar van Wittel began his studies in his hometown Amersfoort, training under the landscape painter Jan van der Heyden. …
An Officer and a Gentleman
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (1656-1746) Portrait of an Officier, c. 1715 Oil on canvas (66 x 55 cm) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Unjustly neglected by art historians, particularly the Anglo-Americans, in favour of his contemporary and rival Hyacinthe Rigaud …
Old Masters 