Isabella Farnese (1692—1766), the daughter of Odoardo II, Prince of Parma, and of Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, married Philip V of Spain in 1714. This portrait is a...
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Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702—1789) enjoyed great success and was highly acclaimed as a pastel painter in his own day; even the most famous artist working in...
‘Wright of Derby: From the Shadows’ is the first major exhibition dedicated to the British artist’s ‘candlelight’ paintings at the National Gallery 🕯️ With over 20...
François Hubert Drouais (1727—1775) was a leading 18th century rococo portrait painter during the latter years of Louis XV’s reign. He became a member of the Académie...
Kenwood house is known for its outstanding collection of art and elegant Neoclassical interiors, particularly ‘The Great Room’ restored by Robert Adam between 1767 and...
Part II. “Marie Antoinette Style” exhibition promises a feast for the eyes with… 🎀🧁🍰 *18th-19th century dresses and evening gowns; *jewellery (including Marie...
Part I. Marie Antoinette was a fashion icon famous for her lavish and extravagant style, which included towering wigs, gorgeous gowns, and elaborate accessories, all...
“Always think of me; I embrace you with my whole heart, as well as those poor and dear children: O my God! how heart-rending it is to leave them for ever! Adieu! Adieu!”...
Discovering the beauty of the Blenheim Palace and the gardens 🏰⚜️ @blenheimpalace 🩷 It’s a grand estate of Dukes of Marlborough near Oxford, famous for its historical...
It was as Anne Vallayer that she moved into apartments in the Louvre in 1780, where she was the only female artist with lodgings of her own. In the following year, on...
After his studies in Sweden and Italy Alexander Roslin (1718—1793) was active in Paris from 1752 and was chosen as a member of the French Academy same year. His...
Princess Louise Augusta was thirteen when this portrait was completed in 1784; two years later she married Frederick Christian II, Duke of...
This remarkable work by Hubert Robert (1733—1808) painted depicts the famous cascades of Tivoli, a site that fascinated numerous Grand Tour artists. Hubert Robert...
⚜️Versailles: Science and Splendour⚜️ exhibition shows over one hundred works – paintings, objets d’art, magnificent scientific objects and instruments of the 17th–18th...
The French artist, who aspired to be a historical painter, but due to the financial crisis in 1720, he found himself forced to devote his whole creative energy to...
Maria Luisa, a Spanish Princess, was fifteen when this portrait was made. She wears a light-colored dress with green and white flowers and an open neck. The insignia of...
The painting symbolises night. Entranced by the shepherd’s Endymion beauty, the goddess Diana visits him one night as he sleeps. She steals a kiss, causing him to fall...
“Cottage on Fire at Night” reads as a study in different forms of illumination and their respective emotional effects. On the left, melancholic ruins are bathed in the...
In the late 1700s, the city of Rome threw a massive fireworks festival called the ‘Girandola’ each year on Easter Monday. The Girandola festival gave its name to a...
Angelica Kauffman (1741—1807) was a Swiss Neoclassical painter. She built a successful career as both a history painter and portraitist and became well-renowned within...
This nocturnal scene features dramatic contrasts: the hot red light of the fire versus the cool white moonlight, the cottage abruptly consumed by flames as opposed to...
Ignaz Stern (1679—1748) was an Austrian Baroque painter who specialised in religious paintings and frescoes. Stern's style is characterised by a dramatic use of light...
Attr. to Ignaz Stern, Angel Playing the Harp, 18th century 🎼 @lukesilvamusic Source: wannenesgroup.com
I still think the mustache is mine.
British still life painter William Jones of Bath (active 1764—1777) is famous for whose paintings consist mainly of fruit and floral still lifes and landscapes featuring...
Peace Bringing Back Prosperity by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1780, Musée du Louvre. @museelouvre @louvrelens @andre_bejar
Jean-Jacques Bachelier (1724—1806) was a French painter, inventor of unglazed biscuit porcelain in 1751 and a director of the porcelain factory at Sèvres. He was also a...
Rebecca Boylston was 45 when she married widower Moses Gill; he was 38. She was a member of a prominent Boston merchant family and had acquired great land and wealth...
This small, jewel-like religious painting was made as a gift for Ingres’s friend Louise Marcotte, who introduced the artist to Delphine Ramel, whom he married in 1852....
Alexander Roslin’s (1718—1793) style combined Classicist tendencies with the lustrous, shimmering colours of Rococo, an elegant and ornate style of the 18th century....
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