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…
(1751–1820) Margaret “Peggy” Gainsborough Margaret 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 Margaret c.1772 Tate Britain, London Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Margaret Gainsborough holding a…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bergère (The Shepherdess) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 118.75 × 160.02 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Concours musical (The Musical Contest) c.1749–1752 Oil on canvas, 62 x 74 cm Wallace Collection, London
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les amants heureux (Les Amants heureux) c.1751–1755 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 121.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) A Caricature Group (Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Cook, Mr. John Woodyeare, and Rev. Dr. William Drake) c.1751 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 48.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio: Un palazzo con cortile sulla laguna (Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon) c.1750–1755 Pen, ink and brush on paper, 26.9 x 42.1 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Privileged young Europeans embarking on the Grand…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bascule (The See-Saw) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in…
(1751–1819) Queen consort of Spain (1788–1808) María Luisa in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La familia de Carlos IV 1800 Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Charles IV, King of Spain | España | Queens Consort
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