Tag: 1778

Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (1778)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (Drunks, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1778 Etching, drypoint, 39.5 x 46.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Inscription: “Pintura de Don Diego Velázquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el…

Tristram and Fox (c.1775-1785)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Tristram and Fox c.1775–1785 Oil on canvas, 61 × 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough had a countryman’s love of dogs and included them in numerous portraits and landscape paintings. He also painted a few works where dogs…

Voltaire

(1694–1778) François-Marie Arouet Works: • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 2 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 4 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (English) •…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712–1778) Works: • A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind (English) • Emile (English) • Émile eli Kasvatuksesta (Finnish) • Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire (French) • Quotes and Images From The Confessions (English)…

Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (c.1775-1780)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 50 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia c.1770 Frick…

Le bluff de l’aveugle (c.1775-1780)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le bluff de l’aveugle (Blind man’s Bluff) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 45.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Jean Honore Fragonard trained in the studio of François Boucher, who painted Lovers in the Park, hanging…