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…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta della Piazzetta verso San Giorgio Maggiore (View of the Piazzetta Looking toward San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice) c.1770–1780 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 75.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • San Giorgio Maggiore | Venezia (Italia)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Juego de niños: El paso o el marro (Children’s Game) c.1770–1780 Oil on canvas, 30.9 x 43.9 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
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…
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…
(1717–1779) Garrick in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1760–1761 Private Collection Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) David Garrick 1770 National Portrait Gallery, London Born February 19 1717 Hereford (England) Died January 20 1779 London (England) Occupation Actor…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Dedalo e Icaro (Daedalus and Icarus) 1777–1779 Marble, 182 x 95 cm Museo Correr, Venezia This famous sculpture, his first large one in marble, is the masterpiece of Antonio Canova‘s Venetian youth. It was created for the procurator…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1779 Oil on canvas, 260 x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This cartoon, the pair to The Washerwomen (P-786), depicts three women and four elegantly dressed children with their dog on a…
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Borbón y Vallabriga, María Teresa de (1779-1828) Deaths: • Garrick, David (1717-1779) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Dedalo e Icaro (1777-79) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le…
(1779–1828) XV Countess of Chinchón I Marquise of Boadilla del Monte María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga 1783 National Gallery of Art, Washington Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Condesa de…