Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 Oil on canvas, 126 × 99.5 cm National Gallery, London Mrs Siddons (1755–1831) was the greatest tragic actress of her time, remaining at the top of her profession for 30 years. Gainsborough painted her in the…
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A Nymph and Cupid: ‘The Snake in the Grass’ (1784)
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus (1788)
Santa Casilda (c.1630-1635)
Le Colin-Maillard (c.1750-1752)
La Brioche (1870)
Le Dormeur téméraire (1928)
L’éventail (c.1919)
Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo (c.1777)
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…