This portrait is the masterpiece of Gainsborough's early years. It was painted after his return home from London to Suffolk in 1748, soon after the marriage of Robert Andrews of the Auberies & Frances Carter of Ballingdon House, near Sudbury in November of that year. The landscape evokes Robert Andrew's estate, to which his marriage added property. He has a gun under his arm, while his wife sits on an elaborate Rococo-style wooden bench. The painting of Mrs Andrews' lap is unfinished. The space may have been reserved for a child for Mrs Andrews to hold. The painting follows the fashionable convention of the conversation piece, a (usually) small-scale portrait showing two or more people, often out of doors. The emphasis on the landscape here allows Gainsborough to display his skills as a painter of convincingly changing weather & naturalistic scenery, still a novelty at this time. ...

William Thomas Lewis (1748
- 1811) was an actor. He is shown in Mrs Inchbald's play, produced at Covent Garden on 22 May 1787,
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This portrait is the masterpiece of Gainsborough's early years. It was painted after his return home from London to Suffolk in 1748, soon after the marriage of Robert Andrews of the Auberies & Frances Carter of Ballingdon House, near Sudbury in November of that year. The landscape evokes Robert Andrew's estate, to which his marriage added property. He has a gun under his arm, while his wife sits on an elaborate Rococo-style wooden bench. The painting of Mrs Andrews' lap is unfinished. The space may have been reserved for a child for Mrs Andrews to hold. The painting follows the fashionable convention of the conversation piece, a (usually) small-scale portrait showing two or more people, often out of doors. The emphasis on the landscape here allows Gainsborough to display his skills as a painter of convincingly changing weather & naturalistic scenery, still a novelty at this time. ...

The sitter is Mary (died 1788), daughter of Alexander Ramsay of Jamaica, who married Richard Oswald in 1750. He bought the estate of Auchincruive near Ayr in the 1750s. The costume & hair-style suggest a date in the first half of the 1760s. It is unusua ...

The sitter, Ellen Julia Teed (1822
- 1884), married Robert Hollond, MP for Hastings, in 1840. She was an authoress & philanthropist,
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This picture is part of a series representing the seven Liberal Arts, of which two others (destroyed, formerly Berlin) represented ' Astronomy', & ' Grammar', where the kneeling figure was identified as Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. Both ' Rheto ...

Create your own bespoke print of Edouard Manet’s Music in the Tuileries Gardens from our collection. About this painting Music in the Tuileries Gardens, 1862 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1917 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Crespi was the direct heir of the Carracci as a painter of everyday life, & played an important role in developing a taste for such scenes among his contemporaries. His interest in peasant subjects dates from his stay in Florence in 1709. This painting & its companion, ' Peasants with Donkeys' probably date from shortly after this. In this painting, three peasants, perhaps shepherds, play a large triangle with rings, a recorder & a lyre. Behind them are soldiers & riders. Crespi uses nocturnal light effects to increase the drama of the scene. Like its companion this picture has been cut down at the left & the top edges. ...

Christ is depicted seated, apparently on a tree trunk, beneath a barrel vault. He wears the crown of thorns & has a rope tied around his neck
- objects associated with the Mocking & the Carrying of the Cross. This painting is not intended to illustrat
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Create your own bespoke print of Sandro Botticelli’s Mystic Nativity from our collection. About this painting Mystic Nativity, 1500 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1878 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...