Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of a Woman c.1760 Oil on canvas, 75.6 x 63.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Portrait of a Woman (c.1760)
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Portrait of a Clergyman (1756-1760)
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…
Giovane donna con cappello a tricorno (c.1755-1760)
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
Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)
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…
Piazza San Marco (1760s)
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Piazza San Marco late 1760s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 85.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view can be compared to Canaletto’s of the same location painted forty years prior. Guardi’s technique is far looser…
Le Baiser dérobé (c.1760)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Baiser dérobé (The Stolen Kiss) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 63.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterfully executed, incandescent glow highlights fitful hands and a kiss won in a card game. While Fragonard…
Veduta del Canal Grande verso Rialto con Palazzo Grimani e Palazzo Marin (1756-1760)
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canal Grande verso Rialto con Palazzo Grimani e Palazzo Marin (View of the Grand Canal Looking toward Rialto with Palazzo Grimani and Palazzo Marin) 1756–1760 Oil on canvas, 56 x 75 cm Pinacoteca di Brera,…
Veduta del Canal Grande con le Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto (1756-1760)
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canal Grande con le Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto (View of the Grand Canal with the New Buildings at Rialto) 1756–1760 Oil on canvas, 56 x 75 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The picture arrived in…
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Births: • Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Literature: • Fielding, Henry (1707-1754): The Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of Love (1760) Art: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780): Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (c.1760) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): Vista di Vienna dal Belvedere…