Tag: Portraits of women

Paintings of Melpomene, Ancient Greek muse of tragedy, or portraits of ladies painted looking like her, when looking like Melpomene was all the rage. Various sources and artists.

The Muse Melpomene (the nine muses). 1771. German. Oil on canvas. Johann Heinrich Tischbein, painter (1722-1789). Currently located in the Neue Galerie, Hessen Kassel Heritage. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Heinrich_Tischbein_-_The_Nine_Muses_-_Melpomene_(Tragedy),_1771FXD.jpg
View of a lunette depicting Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, the lunette being located in the Northwest Corridor of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, District of Columbia.  The woman, Melpomene, wears a cloak and has her arms extended towards two putti on either corner of the painting. One of the boys holds a vine wreath, the other holds a bowl with the fire of inspiration. A mask of Tragedy leans against Melpomene’s leg, and her foot rests on a palm leaf. A sign painted above her head reads: “Melpomene.” The ceiling is decorated in plaster carved in relief. ca. 1901. American. Edward Simmons, artist (1852-1931). Photomechanical polychrome print, © 1901 by the Detroit Photographic Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008679550/ though I found it here as the same postcard is in the collections of the Denver Art Museum. https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1130773
Melpomene: Mrs. Siddons stands on the stage, her head turned in profile to the left, her left hand outstretched to take a heavy purse which hangs on a pitchfork emerging from clouds. English. Aquatint. Published on December 6, 1784 by J. Ridgeway, Number 196 Piccadilly, London. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006688191/
Portrait of Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1746-1766), as Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy. 1765-1766. French. Oil on canvas. Louis-Michel van Loo, painter (1707-1771). Horvitz Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genevieve_de_Malboissiere_as_Melpomene,_Muse_Of_Tragedy_by_Louis-Michel_van_Loo.jpg though I found it here https://substack.com/@mmeguillotine/note/c-131919235

Portraits of  Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici whose mother was a first cousin of Louis XIV of France. The Medici were so rich that even though by strict standards they weren’t royal many married kings and two became pope.

Portrait of Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine (1658-1716) with his wife Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici (1667-1743) in Spanish dress. 1695. Jans Frans van Douven, painter (1656-1727). Collections of the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti. Artwork in the public domain because the painter has been dead over 100 years. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Frans_van_Douven_004.jpg though I found it here https://www.instagram.com/littledaisy202022/p/DCr_PiRPeOL/?hl=en
Portrait of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici in 1670. Justus Sustermans, painter (1597-1681). Image sources: www.altesses.eu www.arte.it. In the public domain because the painter died over 100 years ago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suttermans._Portrait_of_Anna_Maria_Luisa_de_Medici_in_1670_Uffizi.jpg
A Ball in Honour of Anna Maria Luisa De’ Medici, Electress Palatine and Daughter of the Grand Duke. ca. 1718-1719. Antonio Stom, painter (1672-1734).. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://artvee.com/dl/a-ball-in-honour-of-anna-maria-luisa-de-medici-electress-palatine-and-daughter-of-the-grand-duke-cosimo-iii-of-tuscany#00

Historical paintings by English artist Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962). One of a lady who merely looks historical but she fits right in. All of these from the website of ArtUK.

Marchioness of Winchester (1902-1995). A full portrait of Babsy the Marchioness of Winchester in full robes with the Paulet coat of arms in the background. 1956. English. Oil on canvas. Frank Owen Salisbury, painter (1874-1962). Winchester City Council’s Topographical Art Collection. © estate of Frank O. Salisbury. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/marchione-of-winchester-19021995-24025/view_as/grid/search/keyword:frank-owen-salisbury/page/2

The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon (study for a mural at the Houses of Parliament). 1909. English. Oil on canvas. Frank Owen Salisbury, painter (1874-1962). Collections of the Northampton Museums and Art Gallery. © estate of Frank O. Salisbury. Fair use license. via http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-trial-of-queen-catherine-of-aragon-49982
The Roof of the Great Hall, Westminster, 1397. The king, Richard II, together with his master carpenter, Hugh Herland, inspect the work of construction on the roof of Westminster Hall in 1397. 1924. English. Oil on canvas. Frank Owen Salisbury, painter (1874-1962). Parliamentary Art Collection. © estate of Frank O. Salisbury. Fair use license. http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-roof-of-the-great-hall-westminster-1397-214168

Study for The Roof of the Great Hall Westminster, 1397. Before 1924. English. Oil on canvas. Frank Owen Salisbury, painter (1874-1962). Parliamentary Art Collection. © estate of Frank O. Salisbury. Fair use license. http://www.artuk.org/artworks/study-for-the-roof-of-the-great-hall-westminster-1397-214167

French princesses at Versailles. Francois de Troy, painter. Living from 1679 to 1752, he was a French Rococo easel and fresco painter.

Portrait of Élisabeth Charlotte of Bourbon-Orléans (1676-1744). Undated, by 1744. French. Oil on canvas. François de Troy, painter (1679-1752). Image source: auctionartparis.com. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy,Fran%C3%A7ois_de-_%C3%89lisabeth_Charlotte_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans.jpg

Spring. One of a set of four portraits of young princesses from the Louis XIV period represented as an allegory of the Four Seasons. ca. 1690. French. Oil on canvas. François de Troy, painter (1679-1752). Image source: proantic.com. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Workshop_of_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Troy_-Allegory_of_the_Four_Seasons(2).png
Presumed portrait of the Duchesse de Maine. By 1700. French. Oil on canvas. Studio of François de Troy. Image source; artnet.com. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Studio_of_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Troy_-_Presumed_portrait_of_the_Duchess_of_Maine.png

Portrait of Princess Louisa Maria Stuart. ca. 1705. French. Oil on canvas. François de Troy, painter (1679-1752). Image source: bridgemanartondemand.com. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Troy,Portrait_of_Princess_Louisa_Maria_Stuart(c._1705).jpg

Portraits of British women by English portraitist George Spencer Watson. Living from 1869 to 1934, he was part of the late romantic school who sometimes worked in the style of the Italian Renaissance. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools.

Portrait of Hilda Spencer Watson. 20th c, by 1934. English. Oil on canvas. Signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated Hilda Mary/Spencer Watson/painted by her husband George 19.. on the lower right. Image source: Christies. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Spencer_Watson_(1869-1934)_-_Portrait_of_Hilda_Spencer_Watson.jpg
Portrait of Miss Beaton. 20th c, by 1934. English. Inscribed ‘Miss/Beaton on the reverse. Image source: Christies. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Spencer_Watson_(1869%E2%80%931934)_-_Portrait_of_Miss_Beaton.jpg
A Lady in Black. 1922. English. Oil on canvas. © Tate Galleries, London. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/spencer-watson-a-lady-in-black-n04806

Dutch ladies all dressed up and staying home. Gabriël Metsu, artist. Living from 1629 to 1667 he painted genre works, portraits, still lifes and history pictures.

“A Young Woman Composing Music and a Curious Man.” ca. 1662-1663. Dutch. Oil on panel. Collections of the The Mauritshuis, the Hague. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gabriel_Metsu_-_A_Young_Woman_Composing_Music_and_a_Curious_Man.JPG
“Breakfast.” 1660. Dutch. Oil on panel. Collections of the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gabri%C3%ABl_Metsu_-Breakfast-_WGA15075.jpg
“Bildnis des Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen und seiner Familie.” ca. 1662. Dutch. Color on canvas. Collections of the  Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metsu_hinlopen-familie.jpg

Regency era ladies painted by portraitist John James Masquerier who lived from 1778 to 1855. British, he was of Huguenot descent. Studied art in Paris and in London.

Portrait of Frances Mary Richardson Currer  of Eshton Hall. 1807. British. Image source: ncbpt.org.uk. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frances_Mary_Richardson_Currer_1807.PNG
Portrait of Eliza, Lady Becher (1791-1872). ca. 1815. British. Oil on canvas. Given to the National Portrait Gallery in 1877. Collections of the National Portrait Gallery. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eliza,_Lady_Becher_by_John_James_Masquerier.jpg
Full length portrait of Lady Hamilton, sitting by the window on a couch, directed to the left, looking upwards at the moon, window overlooking the ocean. 1806. Mezzotint made by William Say after John James Masquerier. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/949834001
Half-length portrait of Miss O’Neill, sitting, directed to the front, facing and looking to the left, arms at her side, sharl partly covering her right arm. 1816. British. Mezzotint printed in colors. Print made by William Say after John James Masquerier. Daniel Cox, publisher. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1837-0513-189

Portraits of British women and girls. Archibald George Barnes, artist (1887-1972). Inspired by the work of John Singer Sargent and Charles Sims.

“The yellow kimono.” 20th c. Signed on the lower left. © Estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://books0977.tumblr.com/page/4
“The Purple Cloche.” 20th c. British. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed “Barnes” on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5956260
“Innocence.” 20th c. British. Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2021 Panter and Hall. Fair use license. via https://www.panterandhall.com/products/innocence?variant=33001703342213

Portraits of Renaissance ladies, painted by painter and draughtsman Nicolas Neufchatel or Neufchâtel known as “Lucidel” (ca. 1527-c.1590). Flemish but he mostly painted in Germany. A leading portraitist of the 1560s.


Portrait of a lady, possibly Margaretha Mertha, wife of Hendrik Pilgram, three-quarter length, wearing black with gold chains. 16th c. Oil on panel. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/old-master-paintings/portrait-of-a-lady-possibly-margaretha-mertha-wife
Portrait of Susanna Stefan (died in 1594), Wife of Wolfgang Furter of Nuremberg. ca, 1561. Oil on canvas. Collections of the National Gallery, London. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_de_Neufch%C3%A2tel_-Portrait_of_a_Young_Lady-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Portrait of a noblewoman. 1567. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Titled on the upper right and dated 1567. Image © Brady Hart Gallery. Fair use license. via http://www.bradyhart.com/nicolas-neufchatel-royal-beauty

Ladies in red velvet dresses. Different artists and countries and different times.

Louisa Anne Beresford (nee Stuart), Marchioness of Waterford. 1859-1860. British. Oil on canvas. Francis Grant, painter (1803-1878). Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Cc0 License. via https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06604/Louisa-Anne-Beresford?
“Kniende Stifterin” (detail). 1450-1460. Early Netherlandish. Tempera and oil on panel. Petrus Christus, painter (1410/1420-1475/1476). Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petrus_Christus_004_detail.jpg
Portrait of Marguerite Stern. 1889. French. Charles-Auguste-Emile Durand known as Carolus-Duran, artist (1837-1917). Collections of the Musee du Petit Palais, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.artrenewal.org/artists/carolus-duran/7598