Les autres dans l'atelier - how does one get any work done...?

In the studio of the artist, by Wilhelm August Golicke, 1832. The model is in the background,
dressing or undressing, but her little shoe is in the foreground by the posing platform.

The artist in his studio, by Gerrit Dou, circa 1628. I wonder about the rather ominous fellow in the doorway....

Frith in his studio painting Alexandra, Princess of Wales for "The Marriage of the Prince of Wales", by John Ballantyne, 1863.
Ballantyne's likeness of the Princess is no better than Frith's turned out to be.

Tsar Nicholas I and the artist, by Bogdan Willewalde, 1883. Painted almost thirty years after the death of the
Tsar, who appears to be actively "assisting" the artist; if the Tsar wants to help, who's going to tell him no?

The artist in his studio and his man Gibbs, by George Morland, 1802. What a dreary studio! But the drawings above the grate are charming.

L'Atelier de Houdon (Houdon modelant le buste de Laplace dans son atelier), by Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1804.

The painter in his studio, by Jan Miense Molenaer, circa 1633.

Im Atelier, by Moritz Stifter, 1890. Whose children have been brought in by the babushka'd crone?

Im Atelier des Malers, by Jan Josef Horemans II, circa mid-eighteenth century. The fellow at center is grinding pigment to make paint.

Atelier of the artist Venetsianov, by Alexander Alexeyevich Alexeyev, 1827. A young serf girl looks to have been put to work as a model.

The studio of Ingres in Rome, by Jean Alaux , 1818. The painter holds a violin rather than a paint brush, and a cat sleeps by the open door.

 

Royal Victorian weddings

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - 10 February 1840, Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace - Sir George Hayter (1792-1871)

Victoria, Princess Royal and Prince Friedrich of Prussia - 25 January 1858, Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace - John Philip (1817-67)

Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse -  1 July 1862, Dining Room, Osborne House - George Housman Thomas (1824-68)

The Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark - 10 March 1863, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle - William Powell Frith (1819-1909)

Still in the depths of her early mourning for Prince Albert, and unable to face
the public display demanded by such an important occasion - the marriage of
the heir to the throne - Queen Victoria all but hid out in Catherine of Aragon's
closet, high above the glittering crowd.

Frith's sketch of Princess Alexandra; not at all a good likeness....

Princess Helena and prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein - 5 July 1866, Private Chapel, Windsor Castle - Christian Karl Magnussen (1821-96)

Prince George of Wales and Princess Mary of Teck - 6 July 1893, Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace - Laurits Regner Tuxen (1853-1927)

Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Carl of Denmark - 22 July 1896, Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace - Laurits Regner Tuxen (1853-1927)

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I cannot tell you how I long to identify all the various important figures in these painting, but for once I must needs tamp down my pedantic/show-off-y urges; I simply haven't the time to indulge!