Tag: 1750

Pompadour à sa toilette (1750)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) Pompadour à sa toilette (Pompadour at Her Toilette) 1750 Oil on canvas, 81.2 × 64.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721–1764), became the official mistress of Louis XV in 1745. Numerous portraits of her…

Le Colin-Maillard (c.1750-1752)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Colin-Maillard (Blind Man’s Buff) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In the 18th century the game of blind man’s buff (or bluff) became the symbolic arena for courtship, chance, and the…

Mary Fischer, née Gainsborough

(1750–1826) Mary “Molly” Fischer, née Gainsborough Mary in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist’s Daughters c.1763–1764 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester     Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Tate Britain, London   Father Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Mother Margaret Burr (1728-1798) Sister…

Ragazzo con un libro (c.1747-1750)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Ragazzo con un libro (Boy Holding a Book, Portrait of Lorenzo Tiepolo) c.1747–1750 Oil on canvas, 48.26 x 39.05 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans

Tomaso Albinoni

(1671–1750) Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Works: • Adagio in G Minor • Concerti per oboe • Sonate da Chiesa Op. 4 Born June 8 1671 Venezia (Italia) Died January 17 1750 Venezia (Italia) Occupation Composer Musician Violinist

Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685–1750) Works: • Adagio • Brandenburg Concertos • Cello Suites • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) • Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) • Mass in B minor • St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) • Toccata and Fugue in D minor,…