Tag: Portraits

Borbón ladies of Spain with interesting things in their hair. One twice. All painted by Francisco Goya who has ended up far more famous than the ladies he painted.

Portrait of María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga. 1801. Oil on canvas.
Portrait of María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga. 1801. Oil on canvas. Francisco Goya, artist (1746-1828). Collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_de_Mar%C3%ADa_Luisa_de_Borb%C3%B3n_y_Vallabriga_por_Francisco_Goya.jpg
María Teresa Borbón y Vallabriga, Princesa de la Paz. Condesa de Chinchón. Lived from 1780 to 1828.
María Teresa Borbón y Vallabriga, Princesa de la Paz. Condesa de Chinchón. 1808. Oil on canvas. Francisco Goya, artist (1746-1828). Image ® Real Academia de la Historia 2018. Fair use license. via https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/973696
María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón. 1783.
María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón. 1783. Oil on canvas. Francisco Goya, artist (1746-1828). Image © 2019 National Gallery of Art Washington DC. Fair use license. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52267.html

Portraits of children from a bit back. French. Jean-Baptiste Isabey, artist. Living from 1767 to 1855 he also did portraits of Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, and Josephine.

Portrait of Eustachine Jeanne Dosmond
Portrait of Eustachine Jeanne Dosmond. 1828. In the public domain due to age. via https://pixels.com/featured/portrait-of-eustachine-jeanne-dosmond-jean-baptiste-isabey.html
Portrait of a young boy. 1835.
Portrait of a young boy. 1835. Watercolor with gouache over a black pencil line. Image © Expertissim. Fair use license. via https://en.expertissim.com/jean-baptiste-isabey-1767-1855-portrait-young-boy-12151557
Portrait of Countess Rosa Festetics. 1835.
Portrait of Countess Rosa Festetics. 1835. Watercolor over pencil with white highlights on a chamois colored card. Image © Lempertz Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.lempertz.com/fr/catalogue/lot/1132-2/1510-jean-baptiste-isabey.html

Ladies in black holding interesting things. French. Alfred Agache, artist. Living from 1843 to 1915, he also painted allegorical scenes, but I like these best.

"Enigma." 1888.
“Enigma.” 1888. Oil on canvas. Image © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen. Fair use license. via https://mbarouen.fr/en/oeuvres/enigma
"Jeune femme assise tenant des fleurs dans les bras." 1889.
“Jeune femme assise tenant des fleurs dans les bras.” 1889. Painting. Collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lille_PdBA_agache_jeune_femme_fleurs.JPG
"The Sword." 1896.
“The Sword.” 1896. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1896_Alfred-Pierre_Agache_-_The_Sword.jpg
"Vanite." 1885.
“Vanite.” 1885. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lille_PdBA_agache_vanite.jpg

Imperial Romanov ladies from an English point of view. George Dawe, artist. Living from 1781 to 1829 he spent the last ten years of his life painting in Saint Petersburg.

Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas I. 1820's.
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas I. 1820’s. Workshop of George Dawe. In the public domain because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandra_Feodorovna_-_workshop_of_G.Dawe_(1820s,_GIM).jpg
Tsaritsa Marie Feodorovna, widow of Paul I. 1825.
Tsaritsa Marie Feodorovna, widow of Paul I. 1825. Collection of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.gogmsite.net/russian1715-1789/subalbum-tsaritsa-maria-feo/widow-maria-feodorovna-by.html
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. 1822.
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. 1822. Collection of the Hermitage Museum. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Pavlovna_of_Russia_by_G.Dawe_(1822,_Hermitage).jpg

Portraits of people mostly in black but with children trying to have fun around the edges by portraitists of the Dutch Golden Age. Mid 16th century.

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“Portrait of Michiel van der Dussen, his Wife, Wilhelmina van Setten and their Children.” 1640. Dutch. Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet, artist (1611/12-1675). Collection of the Collection Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft. In the public domain. via http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hendrick_Cornelisz._van_Vliet
"Portrait of Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and his Family." ca. 1662-63.
“Portrait of Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and his Family.” ca. 1662-63. Gabriël Metsu, painter (1629-1667). Collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin. In the public domain. via http://arthistorynewsreport.blogspot.com/2014/09/gabriel-metsu-rediscovered-master-of.html
"Familienporträt des Hendrik van den Broucke" (detail). 1564.
“Familienporträt des Hendrik van den Broucke” (detail). 1564. Cornelis de Zeeuw, painter. In the public domain. via https://www.repro-tableaux.com/a/zeeuw.html?sfl=1&INCLUDE=LIST
"Family Portrait of Pierre de Moucheron, Merchant in Middelburg and Antwerp, his Wife Isabeau de Gerbier, their eighteen Children, their Son-in-Law Allard de la Dale and first Grandchild." 1563.
“Family Portrait of Pierre de Moucheron, Merchant in Middelburg and Antwerp, his Wife Isabeau de Gerbier, their eighteen Children, their Son-in-Law Allard de la Dale and first Grandchild.” 1563. Artist not known. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via

Portraits by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, none of them of Marie Antoinette. Living from 1755 to 1842 she evaded the guillotine, painting ladies in Italy and Russia instead. A few children tossed in, too.

Alexandra and Elena, Daughters of Paul I of Russia. 1796.
Alexandra and Elena, Daughters of Paul I of Russia. 1796. Collection of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandra_and_Elena_Pavlovna_of_Russia_by_E.Vigee-Lebrun_(1796,_Hermitage).jpg
Portrait assumed to be Ekaterina Vassilievna Skavronskaia, comtesse Litta. 1790.
Portrait assumed to be Ekaterina Vassilievna Skavronskaia, comtesse Litta. 1790. Image © Christies, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/marie-louise-elisabeth-vigee-lebrun-paris-1755-1842-portrait-presume-dekaterina-5945037-details.aspx?lid=4&sc_lang=zh-cn
Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, with her daughter, Letizia. 1807.
Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, with her daughter, Letizia. 1807. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.orologidalmondo.it/storia-di-breguet-2a-parte/
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Prince Henry Lubomirski as the Genius of Fame. 1789. In the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://postergrad.ru/kartiny/62079/ehlizabet/portrait_of_prince_henry_lubomirski_as_the_genius_of_fame.html
Portrait of Giuseppina Grassini in the role of "Zaïra". 1804.
Portrait of Giuseppina Grassini in the role of “Zaïra”. 1804. Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giuseppina_Grassini_by_Louise_%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun.jpg

Living large and life to the max at the turn of the last century. Gabriel Schachinger, artist. Born in 1850 in Munich he at one point was a pet painter of the mad Ludwig II of Bavaria who never wore one fur if you could wear three. Something that obviously rubbed off in a big way.

"Pene d'Amore." Undated.
“Pene d’Amore.” Undated. via https://rceliamendonca.com/2013/03/10/nem-tudo-so-flores-galeria-2/.
"Ludwig II of Bavaria as the Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Saint George" (detail). 1887.
“Ludwig II of Bavaria as the Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Saint George” (detail). 1887. Detail image via clipground.com. Collection of the Schloss Herrenchiemsee. See the entire portrait here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_II_portrait_by_Gabriel_Schachinger.jpg
"Sweet Reflections." 1886.
“Sweet Reflections.” 1886. Collection of the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia. via https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/sweet-reflections.

Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years.

All dressed up and waiting on a cab for seats in the front box at the holiday pantomime . . . .Sir James Jebusa Shannon, artist. Living from 1862 to 1923, he was born in America but made his fortune painting portraits in London.

"Purple Stocking." 1894.
“Purple Stocking.” 1894. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. Image flickr.com via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shannon,_Purple_Stocking,_1894.jpg.
"Jungle Tales." 1895.
“Jungle Tales.” 1895. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. Image via https://www.weeklystandard.com/stephen-miller/shared-words
"Magnolia." 1899.
“Magnolia.” 1899. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. Image jssgallery.org via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shannon_-_Magnolia.jpg

All dressed up and nowhere to go . . . . portraits of the rich and not very tired . . . .

Three brothers. 1828.
Three brothers. 1828. Slovakian. József Czauczik, artist.
Moritz Christian, Reichsgraf von Fries, his wife Maria Theresia Josepha, and their son Moritz. 1805.
Moritz Christian, Reichsgraf von Fries, his wife Maria Theresia Josepha, and their son Moritz. 1805. French. François Gérard, artist.
La famille Bergeret de Grandcourt. ca. 1785.
La famille Bergeret de Grandcourt. c. 1785. French. Jean-Laurent Mosnier, artist.

All artwork in the public domain due to age. They can be found in many places but I found them all here: http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2018/11/triples-twelve-portraits-of-three.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodsAndFoolishGrand

Pretty little princesses by Franz Xavier Winterhalter(1805-1873). Prussian born but court painter to all of Europe.

Luise von Boden, Princess Biron of Curland. 1856
Luise von Boden, Princess Biron of Curland. 1856. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. Image via bostonathenaeum.org. Artwork in the public domain. 
Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain. 1842.
Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain. 1842. Oil on canvas. via wikiart.org. Artwork in the public domain.
Princess Beatrice of Great Britain. 1859.
Princess Beatrice of Great Britain. 1859. Watercolor. Royal Collection RCIN 400884. via historyofroyalwomen.com. Artwork in the public domain.