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 …
Tag: 18th century French art
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 …
The Laundress
JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725-1805) The Laundress (1761) Oil on canvas (40.5 x 32 cm) Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" During the last half of the 18th century, Greuze was the most famous and successful exponent of genre painting in France. He normally …
Old Masters 