ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Portrait of Marie-Suzanne Giroust, the painter´s wife (1763) Oil on canvas (56 x 46 cm) National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" This beautiful and charming portrait of his wife is apparently the first one Roslin painted. It is dated 1763, which …
Tag: Portrait
THE HANDSOME MARQUESS
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, later 4th Duke of Devonshire (1741) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the image, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720 – 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess …
A Welsh Diplomat
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 …
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 …
M. de Joly
ANTOINE VESTIER (1740-1824) M. Etienne de Joly (1795-96) Galerie Eric Coatalem, Paris Oil on canvas (81 x 65 cm) (To enlarge the picture, right click on it and chose "Open in another window") Here is another beautiful portrait by Antoine Vestier that shows the talent of this little-known French painter. Like the sitter in my …
A gentleman in red
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) A gentleman in a red coat (1758-60) Private collection Oil on canvas (99 x 74 cm) (To enlarge the picture, right click on it and chose "Open in a new window") Pompeo Batoni, one of the finest portrait painters in European history, is beginning to emerge from the darkness to which he …
A dashing war hero
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) General Sir Banastre Tarleton (1782) National Gallery, London Oil on canvas (236 x 145 cm) (To enlarge the picture, right click on it and chose "Open in a new window") The man portrayed here was considered by his countrymen as a dashing war hero, while his former enemies, the American rebels, …
Ottavio Leoni (1578-1630)
(To enlarge the images, right click on them and chose "Open in a new tab") "The Cavalier Ottavio Leoni, the son of Ludovico Leoni, Padovano, was likewise known as Padovano although he was born in Rome. His father desired him to devote to painting and particularly to make portraits "alla macchia", a skill in which …
A cultivated gentleman
ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (1728-1779) Lord Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (c. 1760) Oil on canvas (96 x 74 cm) Dunham Massey Hall, England (To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab") As it is well known, Mengs and Batoni were the undisputed master-portraitists of their time. Every aristocratic British …
A Welsh fop
FRANCIS COTES (1726-1770) Richard Myddleton MP (c. 1760=65) Oil on canvas (127 x 101 cm) National Museum of Wales (To enlarge the image, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab") Richard Myddelton (1726-1795) could well be considered the quintessential MP, as he did not do anything at all, mind you MPs in …
Old Masters 