Identifier: cu31924020492777 (find matches)
Title: A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp. largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Fitzwilliam Museum Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 Earp, F. R. (Frank Russell), 1871-1955
Subjects: Painters Painting
Publisher: Cambridge, University press
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Richardson.) catalogue of pictures 167 holding a bowl of wine. Ceres is seated facing 1. and has her r. handover Bacchus shoulder, her 1. holds ears of corn. Looking over herr. shoulder is Proserpine with a sheaf of corn on her shoulder, andbehind Ceres on r. a laughing faun.Canvas, 2 o,£ by 3 6£. Mesman. RICHARDSON. JONATHAN RICHARDSON. British School,1665—1745. Portrait painter ; born 1665; was pupil of John Riley, whose niece he married. Afterthe deaths of Kneller and Dahl he became the chief portrait painter of the day and madea fortune on which he was able to retire. He wrote several works on art, The Theory ofPainting, The Connoisseur, etc. He died in 1745. His son, of the same name, was alsoa portrait painter, and he had several pupils. III. 8. Portrait of the poet, Thomas Gray. A boy of about ten,with brown hair tied up behind, seated in a high-backed chair facingthe spectator with the head turned r. His legs are crossed, r. elbowrests on a small green table, he holds a bo

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