Watercolor on Ivory

Giuseppe MacPherson
Sebastiano Bombelli
(1635-1719)

A second set of famous painters selected from among the hundreds of portrait miniatures painted in watercolor on ivory by Giuseppe MacPherson in the 1770s for George III.

To single out just one, Michael Sweerts (immediately below) already has received a good deal of high-minded attention on this site (here and here).

Giuseppe MacPherson
Michael Sweerts
(1624-1664)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Simon Vouet
(1590-1649)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Veronese
(1528-1588)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Jacob Jordaens
(1592-1678)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Giovanni-Battista Moroni
(c. 1529-1578)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Giorgio Vasari
(1511-1574)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Francesco Caccianiga
(1700-1781)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Peter Paul Rubens
(1577-1640)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Bartolomeo Passarotti
(1528-1592)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Antonio Moro
(1517-1576)

Giuseppe MacPherson
Ciro Ferri
(1634-1689)

Images from the Royal Collection