JEAN BAPTISTE TUBY I (1635-1700) Diana with a Stag and a Dog (1687) Terracotta (26 x 43 x 21 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" Tuby was born Giambattista Tubi in Rome in 1635, and first trained as a sculptor in …
Prince Henry Benedict Stuart
LOUIS GABRIEL BLANCHET (1705-1772) Prince Henry Benedict Stuart (c.1739) Oil on canvas (98 x 73 cm) Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Royal Collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "open in a new tab" This beautiful portrait and its pair, the one of his older brother Prince Charles Edward Stuart, are arguably Blanchet's most …
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
LOUIS GABRIEL BLANCHET (1705-1772) Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1737-38) Oil on canvas (98 x 75.5 cm) Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Royal Collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Very little is known about Louis Gabriel Blanchet, a gifted portraitist who spent his professional career in Rome. He was …
Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly
AUGUSTIN PAJOU (1730-1809) Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1791) Patinated plaster (75 x 49 x 28 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-93), whose literary career was surpassed by his studies in astronomy and its history, was elected to the …
Portrait of Pieter Tjarck
FRANS HALS (1581/85-1666) Portrait of a Man / Portrait of Pieter Tjarck (1635-38) Oil on canvas (85 x 70 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the images, right-click on them and "Open in a new tab" The identity of the sitter in this magnificent portrait has sometimes been questioned, but there seems …
The Penitent Magdalen
GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593-1652) The Penitent Magdalen with the Smoking Flame (c.1638-40) Oil on canvas (117 x 92 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Georges de La Tour was the greatest tenebrist painter working in 17th-century France. Indeed since his …
Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria
ANTHONIS MOR / ANTON VAN DASHORST MOR (1518-1576) Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria (c.1558) Oil on canvas (95 x 76 cm) Museo del Prado, Madrid To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Anthonis Mor (as he is most widely known) is not a name familiar to many Old Masters lovers …
A young Gentleman
HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON (1740-1808) Portrait of a young gentleman Pastel on paper (23.5 x 20 cm) Location unknown To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Hamilton was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1740, the son of a wig-maker. Unfortunately, there is not much documented evidence about his early years. …
The Entombment
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) The Entombment (c.1612) Oil on canvas (131 x 130 cm) Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Recognized as the greatest painter of his day, Rubens received commissions from all over Europe and created profound, original statements of virtually every …
Grace Dalrymple Elliot
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH Grace Dalrymple Elliot (c.1778) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) The Frick Collection, New York To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" It is very difficult to do justice to Gainsborough's portraits, sometimes it seems that there are not enough words in the English language to …
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