L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Sunday, November 19, 2023

Les dames du dix-huitième - selected portraits

 
Portrait presumed to be Miss Buchanan, English School, circa 1790.
Maria Fortunata d'Este, princesse de Conti, by Dominique Vivant Denon, circa 1780.
Unfinished portrait of Princess Sofia Albertina of Sweden, by Lorens Pasch the Younger, 1768.
Portrait of a lady said to be madame de Bellegarde, circle of Vigée Le Brun, Circa 1790.
Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen, by Thomas Gainsborough, 1776-1777.
Portrait d'une dame de qualité, studio of Antoine Vestier, circa 1778.
Miss Theophila Offy Palmer, the future Mrs. Gwatkin, a portrait believed to be the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds’s sister, Frances Fanny Reynolds, circa 1770s.
The duchesse d'Aiguillon, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1790.
Mary Christina Conquest, Lady Arundell of Wardour, in coronation robes, by George Romney, circa 1770.
 Madame Sophie de France, daughter of Louis XV, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, circa 1750-51.
Maria Geronima Pellegrina "Lilla" Cambiaso and her daughter Caterina, by Anton Von Maron, 1792.
The depiction of the drapery is perfection, the detail of the two shoes, charming.
The artist's wife, by François-Xavier Fabre, circa 1790s.
The courtesan Kitty Fisher, by Nathaniel Hone, 1765.
The wonderful addition of the cat and fishbowl is a cheeky reference to the name of the sitter.
 Charlotte Herts, wife of Charles-François de Casteele, by Nicolas-Guy Brenet, 1770.
Portrait of a young woman, by Marie-Geneviève Navarre, 1774.




2 comments:

  1. Thank you Stephen for an exquisite selection of paintings. So much gorgeous drapery and perfectly coiffed curls to gaze upon - the Anton Von Maron is perfection! For me, it's curious to see a painting of 'the original celebrity' Kitty Fisher, who lived and passed so close to where I grew up around Tunbridge Wells and Rye - something about the goldfish bowl caught my attention. An honourable shout-out to François-Xavier Fabre's wife, bless her, wart and all, who seems so contemporary and relatable somehow.

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    1. Thank you so much, Sophie! So glad you enjoyed this little group.

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