a-l-ancien-regime:

Portrait of Mary Countess Howe by Thomas Gainsborough,  c.1760

a-l-ancien-regime:

The Two Sisters

Jean Baptiste Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non  (French, Paris 1727–1791 Paris)

A patron as well as a collector, Saint-Non made this copy after a painting by Fragonard (53.61.5) in 1770, a year that marked the first decade of a friendship that would last throughout their lives. While Saint-Non is known chiefly for his prints, his oeuvre reportedly also included pastels after works by Boucher, Greuze, and Rosalba Carriera.

a-l-ancien-regime:

Pierre Gobert, Portrait of Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon-Condé (1693-1775), princesse de Conti, 18^th century

a-l-ancien-regime:

Thomas Gainsborough ,  Sarah, Lady Innes c.1757

a-l-ancien-regime:

Jeune Fille délivrant un oiseau de sa cage  After Fragonard (by Kate O’Brien Creative)

[young lady liberating a bird from its cage, imitation of Fragonard at Flickr]

a-l-ancien-regime:

François-Hubert DROUAIS 

a-l-ancien-regime:

Thomas Gainsborough, Gainsborough’s nephew, Gainsborough Dupont, circa 1770-5

Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797) was the eldest son of Gainsborough’s sister Sarah, and Philip Dupont. Apprenticed to Gainsborough from 1772 until 1788, the year of the elder artist’s death, Dupont was the only assistant Gainsborough ever employed; for unlike Reynolds, he neither ran a large studio nor trained large numbers of pupils. Dupont painted pictures in Gainsborough’s style, and these are still sometimes confused with those of his master. Although this portrait is barely more than a sketch - the clothing for example is very summarily rendered - Gainsborough has nevertheless managed to convey a sense of his nephew’s diffidence, remarked on by contemporaries.

a-l-ancien-regime:

Portrait of Empress Maria Fyodorina (C18)

Alexander Roslin

a-l-ancien-regime:

Portrait Marie Anne de Bourbon as Princess of Conti, Date 1713

Pierre Gobert (1662–1744) 

a-l-ancien-regime:

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Marie Suzanne (1763)

Alexander Roslin