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The Age of Innocence is an oil-on-canvas painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, created in either 1785 or 1788 and measuring 765 x 638 mm.The sitter is unknown, but possibly, was Reynolds's great-niece, Theophila Gwatkin (who was three in 1785 and six in 1788), or Lady Anne Spencer (1773–1865), the youngest daughter of the 4th Duke of Marlborough, who would have been twelve in 1785 and fifteen in ...
Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons (1775) is an oil on canvas portrait by Joshua Reynolds.Work began on the picture in 1773, and, in Grand Manner fashion, Reynolds exploited two classical paintings: the attitude of the child on the left was modelled on Cupid in Velázquez's Toilet of Venus whilst the general composition was inspired by Anthony van Dyck's Charity.
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. Art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century [1] while Lucy Peltz says he was "the leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of art."
Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children (1779) is an oil on canvas portrait by Joshua Reynolds.It was given to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in 1937. The NGA describes the work as a "majestic group portrait".
Portrait of Mai (Omai) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, oil on canvas, c.1776. Although unexhibited during Reynolds' lifetime, the picture was exhibited at the landmark Reynolds exhibition at the Royal Academy London in 1985 and in 1986 at the Grand Palais Paris. [2] The painting remained in the possession of descendants of the Gell family until 2007.
[3] [4] Joshua Reynolds coined the extended term 'fancy pictures' in 1788 for the works painted by Thomas Gainsborough in his final decade, particularly those depicting beggar and peasant children. [3] Following his death, Gainsborough was initially best known for these pictures. [5]
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus (originally entitled A Nymph and Cupid: 'The Snake in the Grass' or The Snake in the Grass, or Love unloosing the zone of Beauty; later also known as Love and Beauty and Cupid Untying the Girdle of Venus) is a painting by Joshua Reynolds. [1]
Portraits by Joshua Reynolds (23 P) Pages in category "Paintings by Joshua Reynolds" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.