Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Fontaine de Vénus (Fountain of Venus) 1756 Oil on canvas, 233 x 215 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1756 Oil on canvas, 205 × 161 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Madame de Pompadour was the official mistress of King Louis XV of France. She gained great influence and also…
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…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) La fortezza di Königstein vista da Nord (The Fortress of Königstein from the North) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 132.1 × 236.2 cm National Gallery, London Sharp and angular, the Saxon fortress of Königstein, about 25 miles southeast of…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les blanchisseuses (The Laundresses) c.1756–1761 Oil on canvas, 73 x 61.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two women in bright white and yellow form the focal point of this composition. They toil within a stifling atmosphere…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La Vergine con sei santi (The Virgin with Six Saints) 1755–1756 Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Donna con mandolino (Woman with a Mandolin) 1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 93.7 × 75 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Tiepolo‘s work reflects the culmination of the baroque tradition in Venice. In this painting the artist celebrated the…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an early work by Reynolds. It lacks the verve and brilliance of his later output but is imbued with a…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Giovane donna con cappello a tricorno (Young Lady in a Tricorn Hat) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 49.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…