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The daughter of a gentleman of Irish origins, William Carr, the sitter probably posed for this painting on the occasion of her marriage in 1789 to Thomas Chinnal Porter. Executed with bold, loose and [+]
This portrait shows the diplomat, collector and bibliophile Anthony Morris Storer (1746–1799) studying various items of interest that he donated upon his death to Eton College, where he had been educa [+]
According to the fourteenth book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, after ordering the river Numicius to wash away all the mortal aspect of Aeneas, Venus anointed him with a divine perfume and touched his mouth [+]
A successful interpreter of the Neo-classical style, Angelica Kauffmann here offers an elegant image of the sitter, Anna Escher von Muralt (1767 -1830), who belonged to a prominent Swiss family. The s [+]
A pupil of Jacques-Louis David in Paris, Schick executed this work during his time in David’s studio. The figure is painted from life using a model who also appears in some of the life studies by J.-A [+]
Acquired by Queen Maria Christina of Bourbon for the Royal Collections, the work was sent to the Gallery of Living Artists at the Prado. It shows the King of France after the Battle of Pavia, where he [+]
Romney stood out among the English portraitists of his time for his accuracy in depicting the appearance of his sitters, which he valued, as here, more than psychological penetration. A rival to Lawre [+]
This piece has long been regarded as a sketch for the picture of the same name at the Louvre, Didon. Énée racontant à Didon les malheurs de la ville de Troie (INV 5184), a huge su [+]
This delicate mythological group is a smaller version of the best-known sculpture by the Swedish artist, Sergel, dated 1787 and now in the Stockholm National Museum. Winged Cupid is depicted standing, [+]
This portrayal of Hebe, the personification of Youth, was traditionally attributed to Antonio Canova; now, however, it is thought to be wholly the work of Tadolini, Canova’s most gifted student. It wa [+]
