Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo c.1777 Oil on canvas, 90.2 × 69.9 cm National Gallery, London This unfinished portrait of Thomas Gainsborough’s youngest daughter, Margaret (1751–1820), playing a theorbo (a kind of lute) unites two particularly personal…
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…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Oil on canvas, 77.5 × 64.8 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough was very fond of his two daughters and painted them frequently from childhood into their late twenties. Concerned for their future, he took…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1853 Pastel and pencil on paper, 28.6 x 25.9 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Compare: Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882–1883 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham See also: • Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882–1883 Oil on panel, 30.2 x 22.9 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at 22 years of age. A young Rossetti in his mid-twenties looking directly at the…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt 1880 Chalk and pastel on paper, 42.8 x 33.8 cm Tate Britain, London Edith Holman Hunt was the artist’s second wife, the sister of his first wife Fanny. It was a…
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Autoportrait au tableau “Baigneuses à la vache rouge” (Self-portrait with the picture “Bathers with a red cow”) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 44.8 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Baigneuses à la vache rouge 1887…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Émile Bernard 1886 Oil on canvas, 54 x 44.5 cm Tate Britain, London This is a portrait of the painter Emile Bernard. At the time it was done Bernard was still only a teenager, and was a…
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Autoportrait au vase de fleurs (Self-portrait with a vase of flowers) 1897 Oil on canvas, 52 x 42 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ‘A nos amis de Hollande‘ (to our friends in the Netherlands), Bernard wrote at the top left.…
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (Self-Portrait to my friend Vincent) 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 60.4 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Charles Laval sent this self-portrait to Van Gogh, who was immediately enthusiastic. To his brother Theo he…