Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Late 18th-century Portraits II

John Francis Rigaud
Portrait of sculptor Joseph Nollekens with his portrait-bust of Laurence Sterne
1772
oil on canvas
Yale Center for British Art

Jacques Wilbaut
Presumed portrait of the Duc de Choiseul and two companions
ca. 1775
oil on canvas
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

THE ANCIENT TREES

Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future, sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word
That walk'd among the ancient trees,

Calling the lapsed Soul,
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might controll
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen light renew!

"O Earth, O Earth, return!
"Arise from out the dewy grass;
"Night is worn,
"And the morn
"Rises from the slumberous mass.

"Turn away no more;
"Why wilt thou turn away?
"The starry floor,
"The wat'ry shore,
"Is giv'n thee till the break of day."

 William Blake, from Songs of Experience (1794)

Alexander Roslin
Lady with veil (the artist's wife)
1768
oil on canvas
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Alexander Roslin
Portrait of Ulrik Scheffer
1763
oil on canvas
Skokloster Castle, Sweden

Alexander Roslin
Portrait of Zoie Ghika, Moldavian Princess
1777
oil on canvas
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Alexander Roslin
Portrait of Prince Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn
1762
oil on canvas
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden

Alexander Roslin
Portrait of Princess Natalia Petrovna Golitsyn
1777
oil on canvas
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden

Alexander Roslin
Self-portrait
1790
oil on canvas
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden

Johan Zoffany
Portrait of Patrick Heatly of the East India Company
ca. 1783-87
oil on canvas
Yale Center for British Art

Johan Zoffany
Portrait of John, 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke with his family
ca. 1766
oil on canvas
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Johan Zoffany
The Drummond family
ca. 1769
oil on canvas
Yale Center for British Art

Johan Zoffany
The Gore family with George, 3rd Earl Cowper
ca. 1775
oil on canvas
Yale Center for British Art

Johan Zoffany
David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in Garrick's The Farmer's Return
ca. 1762
oil on canvas
Yale Center for British Art

Johan Zoffany
Portrait of the artist (by a follower)
ca. 1790
oil on canvas
private collection