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Frances, Countess of Dartmouth (1756)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…

David Garrick (1770)

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) David Garrick 1770 Oil on canvas, 75.6 x 63.2 cm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • Garrick, David (1717-1779)

Tre donne (1909-1910)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Tre donne (Three Women) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 180 × 132 cm Banca Commerciale Italiana, Milano The artist represents the three ages of women through the figures of her mother Cecilia, her beloved sister Amelia and the model Ines.…

El caballero de la mano en el pecho (c.1580)

El Greco (1541-1614) El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 66.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This bust-length portrait entered the royal collections as a…

Retrato de Manuelita Rosas (1851)

Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Retrato de Manuelita Rosas (Portrait of Manuelita Rosas) 1851 Oil on canvas, 199 x 166 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Study for this portrait: Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Manuelita Rosas, estudio 1851 Museo de Bellas…

Séduction (1872)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Séduction (Seduction, The Proposal) 1872 Oil on canvas, 163.5 x 111.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The motif of a young man at a window, wooing a woman at her spinning wheel, and the vaguely…