Tag: 1772

Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore (1765-1775)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore (View of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore) 1765–1775 Oil on canvas, 43 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Master of the townscape -known as vedute in Italian- Guardi painted many…

The Artist’s Daughter Margaret (c.1772)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Margaret c.1772 Oil on canvas, 75.6 × 62.9 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough’s younger daughter, Margaret, was in her mid-twenties when her father painted this portrait. At the time she was still living with her elder…

Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-1772)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’une jeune dame (Portrait of a Young Lady) c.1770–1772 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection It has always been felt that the age of Louis XV finds its most characteristic…

Place de la Concorde (Paris)

Completed: 1772 Address: 75008 Paris, France Place de la Concorde in Art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Place de la Concord 1960 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     See…

1772

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) Architecture: • Place de la Concorde (Paris) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-72) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): The Artist’s Daughter Margaret (c.1772)…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1772–1834) Works: • A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge (English, as Contributor) • Aids to Reflection (English) • Ancient Mariner and Select Poems (English) • Anima Poetæ (English) • Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1 (English) • Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 2 (English) •…