Friday, September 29, 2017

People in rooms I


Louis-Philippe, duc de Valois, au berceau, by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 1774.
The duc de Chartres (later the duc d'Orléans, later still known as Philippe Égalité) gazes at his first-born son, one day to be King Louis-Philippe.
Lépicié has also included a portrait of the Orléans' young black servant, Scipion.
Die Sentimentale, by Johann Peter Hasenclever, circa 1846-47.
The family of Arent Anthoni Roukens, by Willem Joseph Laquy, 1786.
 The battle-painter, Jørgen Sonne, in his studio, by Ditlev Blunck, circa 1826.
The baptism of Princess Beatrice in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, 16 June 1857, by Egron Sellif Lundgren, 1857.
Princess Beatrice was the youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, portrayed here surrounded by their other children.
The child's godparents were her maternal grandmother, the Duchess of Kent; her eldest sister; and the latter's fiancé, Prince Friedrich of Prussia.
Marriage of Léopold I, King of the Belgians, and Louise d’Orléans, Château de Compiègne, 9 August 1832, by Joseph-Désiré Court, circa 1832.
Princess Louise was the eldest daughter of Louis-Philippe and Queen Marie Amélie.
Two ladies and an officer seated at tea, unknown artist, circa 1715.
The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester, by Adriaan de Lelie, circa 1794-95.
Among the many paintings covering the walls, one of the most noticeable is Gerard ter Borch's Woman Reading a Letter.

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Bonus: Lépicié's sketch of the infant duc de Valois, a study for the painting at the beginning of this post.




1 comment:

  1. A few years ago there was a display of paintings called "Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the C19th". It was held in the Special Exhibition Galleries in NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art. I don't remember your artist Johann Peter Hasenclever in general, nor have I seen the painting Die Sentimentale c1846-7 before, but I would like to reference it in my post.

    thanks for a great link
    Hels
    http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/rooms-with-view-open-windows-in-19th.html

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