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Beechey displayed the portrait at the Royal Academy's 1813 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House and again at the Society of British Artists in 1830. Three versions now exist with one at Dulwich, another at Sir John Soane's Museum and the third at the National Portrait Gallery, having been acquired in 1867. [4]
Portrait of Louis XVIII is an 1814 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard depicting Louis XVIII of France in his coronation robes. [1]Louis XVIII was the younger brother of Louis XVI, who had been guillotined during the French Revolution; he spent many years in exile and returned to France from England following the 1814 downfall of Napoleon and the First Restoration.
Portrait of Cardinal Dubois is a 1723 portrait painting by the French artist Hyacinthe Rigaud depicting Cardinal Guillaume Dubois. [1] Dubois served as Chief minister ...
The portrait of Potocki was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1781 and brought to Warsaw sometime before 1801. That year, the work was transferred to the Wilanów Palace, built originally as a royal palace in the late 17th century for John III Sobieski, which had been owned by the Potocki family
The Windsor Beauties are a set of portrait paintings, still in the Royal Collection, by Sir Peter Lely and his workshop, produced in the early to mid-1660s, that depict ladies of the court of King Charles II, some of whom were his mistresses. [1] [2] The name stems from the original location of the collection, which was at Windsor Castle.
Joseph, Baron Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver, who was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France, and resumed his career at the conclusion of the French Revolution.
Portrait of Horatio Gates is a portrait painting by the American artist Gilbert Stuart.It depicts the British-American soldier Horatio Gates. [1]Born in England and a career soldier in the British Army, Gates settled in America and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.