
Andrea Soldi (1703—1771) was an Italian portraitist active in Britain. From 1738 to 1744 he won much success in London's art market. Soldi was imprisoned for debt in...

Andrea Soldi (1703—1771) was an Italian portraitist active in Britain. From 1738 to 1744 he won much success in London's art market. Soldi was imprisoned for debt in...

A prominent Scottish portrait-painter Allan Ramsay (1713—1784) was born in Edinburgh, studied in London at St Martin's Lane Academy and at Hans Hysing's studio, before...

In his 1759 portrait “Kitty Fisher as "Cleopatra" Dissolving the Pearl”, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723—1792) depicts a scene that recalls an ancient legend: at a magnificent...

The sitter is Anne Dashwood, later Countess of Galloway, she was the daughter of Sir James Dashwood, Member of Parliament for Oxford. She sat for Reynolds four times in...