Sunday, December 18, 2022

Brothers, pendant - nine pairs of fraternal portraits

 
Jean-François, comte d'Entremont et de Montbel, by Louis Ferdinand Elle l'Aîné, 1658.
Elie-Louis d'Entremont, marquis du Monteiller, by Louis Ferdinand Elle l'Aîné, 1658.
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Prince Henry Benedict Clement Stuart (1725-1807), by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1737.
Prince Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie" (1720-1788), by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1737.
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A posthumous portrait of Saxon elector Friedrich III "the Wise" (1463-1525), by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533.
A posthumous portrait of Saxon elector Johann I "the Constant" (1468-1532), by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533.
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Michael Damien Farrow (1939-1958), by Eileen Chandler, 1949. The boys were the children of director John Farrow and actress Maureen O'Sullivan.
Patrick Villiers Farrow (1942-2009), by Eileen Chandler, 1949.
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Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset (1589-1624), by William Larkin, 1613.
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset (1591-1652), by William Larkin, 1613.
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Aaron Kingsbury Drury (1813-1859) and Elijah Drury (1817-1864), unknown artist, circa 1840s. It isn't known which portrait is of which brother.
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 James Stapleton, 2nd Baronet Stapleton of the Leeward Islands (1672-1690), at the age of eleven, Circle of Mary Beale, circa 1683.
 William Stapleton, 3rd Baronet Stapleton of the Leeward Islands (1674-1699), at the age of eight, Circle of Mary Beale, circa 1683.
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Arnoldus van Rijneveld (1715-98), by Louis Tocqué, 1738.
Isaac van Rijneveld (1706-92), by Louis Tocqué, 1738.
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John Helias Finnie McEwen, later 1st Baronet McEwen of Marchmont & Bardrochat (1894-1962), by Philip de László, 1915.
Lieutenant James Robert Dundas McEwen (1896-1916), by Philip de László, 1915. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme only a year later.




1 comment:

  1. Great portraits of these pairs of brothers. Sad to see that Michael Damien Farrow, James and William Stapleton and James Robert Dundas McEwen did not live long, lives cut unfairly short. - Rj/IE

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