SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS PRA (1723-1792) Master Bunbury (1780-81) Oil on canvas (78 x 64 cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This is one of those paintings whose genesis and the behind-the-scenes story are as interesting as its aesthetical value. Scholars have disagreed over …
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Portrait of an Actress
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) Mrs Abington as Miss Prue in “Love for Love” (1771) Oil on canvas (77 x 64 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" When this portrait was shown as Portrait of a Lady at the third …
Old Masters 