Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les joies de la maternité (The Joys of Motherhood) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 57 x 38-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Idealized visions of the pleasures of local country life were popularized in the 1740s by Charles-Simon Favart…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Latino offre in matrimonio Lavinia a Enea (Latinus gives Aeneas his daughter Lavinia in marriage) 1753–1754 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 109.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Decorative pictorial sequences came to play a major role in Giambattista…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 61.6 cm Tate Britain, London This self-portrait was probably painted soon after Reynolds set up a studio in London in 1753. He had spent the previous three years studying art…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Eton College c.1754 Oil on canvas, 61.6 × 107.7 cm National Gallery, London This view is from the bank of the River Thames, looking across a sprawling meadow towards Eton College on the horizon. A shady glade gives way to…
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
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…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Walton Bridge 1754 Oil on canvas, 48.7 x 76.4 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Inscribed verso: ‘Fatto nel anno 1754 in Londra per la pri[ma] ed ultima [volta con ogni maggior attenzione] ad instanza [del Signor Cavaliere Hollis] padrone…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con colonna (English Landscape Capriccio with a Column) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 106.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con palazzo (English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 108.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone…
(1707–1754) Works: • A Journey from This World to the Next (1749) • Amelia (1751) • An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. I (1742) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. II (1742) • The History of the Life of the Late…