As with many of Reynolds's group portraits the design is based on a composition taken from an historical source. In this case the painting is based on a 17th-century work, ' Charity' by Van Dyck; also in the Collection. It was brought to England from Antwerp in 1763, but Reynolds was probably inspired by an engraving after it. For the older boy he used the cupid from Velázquez's ' Toilet of Venus', also in the Collection, basing himself on a drawing. Reynolds also had several sittings with the children, all of whom were under three. ...
Lady Thimbelby & Viscountess Andover were the daughters of Thomas, Viscount Savage. Elizabeth, standing on the left, married in 1634, while Dorothy wed in 1637. The cupid offering roses to Dorothy suggests it is her marriage that is being celebrated, an ...
Christ is being washed, anointed & wrapped in his shroud before being carried to the tomb on the right, while Joseph of Arimathaea & Nicodemus can be seen leaving. This painting & the ' Adoration of the Kings' seem to have been part of the same altarpiece, probably painted in 1515, when David moved from Bruges to Antwerp. ...
This sketch was probably painted outdoors & perhaps intended to be finished in the studio. Its loose brushwork is typical of Rousseau's later style. Rousseau's paintings were in great demand in France in the period after his death & until the First Wor ...
This painting is unlikely to have a literary source, but was once identified as depicting the mythological subject of Mercury & Io. The landscape is presumably Italian. This painting was once in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger bro ...
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This is an early work, which is typical in its expressive gestures, distorted anatomy and colour contrasts. The summary way that the figures behind the Virgin are painted is a remarkable example of Dosso's dramatic handling of paint.
This is an early work, which is typical in its expressive gestures, distorted anatomy & colour contrasts. The summary way that the figures behind the Virgin are painted is a remarkable example of Dosso's dramatic handling of paint.
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