Tag: 1781

Regata sul Canal Grande (1780-1793)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Regata sul Canal Grande, nei pressi del Ponte di Rialto, Venezia (Regatta on the Grand Canal, near the Rialto Bridge, Venice) 1780–1793 Oil on canvas, 48 x 79 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam View over the Grand Canal near the…

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…

Seashore with Fishermen (1781-1782)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Seashore with Fishermen 1781–1782 Oil on canvas, 101.9 x 127.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Gainsborough‘s landscapes are highly personal statements that evolved from ideas and images he developed in his studio, either directly on canvas or…

1781

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Art: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Seashore with Fishermen (1781-82) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Tristram and Fox (c.1775-85) • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Regata sul Canal Grande (1780-93) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792): Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-90)