#18th century painting

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▪︎ Painting of a Seated Woman.

Place of origin: Iran

Date: late 18th century

Dynasty/Period: Qajar Period

Medium: Oil on canvas

#18th century #art #history #18th century art #decorative arts #history of art #18th century painting #portrait #painting #painting of a seated woman #iran #qajar

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Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723-1792) • Venus Untying the Zone of Venus • Tate Britain (copies in Soane Museum and Hermitage Museum)

#art #painting #fine art #art history #18th century painting #mythological painting #british painter #british artist #joshua reynolds #rococo #tate britain #rococo painter #cupid in art #venus in art #art nude

[papillon-de-mai]

Nicolas De Largilliere — Portrait Of Elegant Regence Period Entourage. circa 1720. detail

#Nicolas De Largilliere #art #art history #painting #art detail #art details #details #18th century #18th century painting #french painting #french #de largilliere

[frostedmagnolias]

Pleasure c.1754

Anton Raphael Mengs (German, Ústi nad Labem (Aussig) 1728–1779 Rome)

#18th century art #neoclassicism #rococo #neoclassical #anton raphael mengs #classical art #art history #1750s #1700s art #18th century painting #classical antiquity #antiquities #frostedmagnolias

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Anne Vallayer-Coster (French, 1744-1818) • Still-Life with Tuft of Marine Plants, Shells and Corals • 1769

#anne vallayer coster #french artist #still life #rococo #woman painter #woman artist #rococo painting #art of the still life blog #painting #fine art #art #18th century painting

[venustapolis]

Illustration from the Alchemical Text 'Clavis Artis' ('Zoroaster', 1738)

#art #18th century art #18th century painting #zoroaster #1738

[matyas-ss]

Cats by Bamboo and Chrysanthemums, Shěn Quán [Shen Ch'üan, traditional: 沈銓, simplified: 沈铨] (c.1710). Minneapolis Institute of Art.

#art #art history #artists on tumblr #aesthetic #painting #Shen #shen quan #cats #flowers #bamboo #paintings #oil painting #ink #ink and color on paper #ink on paper #chinese #chinese art #chinese painting #asian #asian art #asian painting #18th century #18th century painting #18th century art #1700's art #1700s art #1700s #early 1700s #1700 #1700s painting

[somethingwithmoles]

Thomas Hudson, Portrait of a Man, 1750, oil on canvas, 127.3 x 102 cm, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Source: Wikimedia Commons

#art #painting #portrait #portrait of a man #male portrait #thomas hudson #1750s #18th century #18th century art #18th century painting #18th century fashion #18th century menswear #historical fashion #rococo #rococo fashion #rococo menswear #oil painting

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Aert Schouman (Dutch, 1710–1792)

Three birds: two Inca pigeons and a collared cuckoo (1753)

Two birds: an apple finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) and a keep (Fringilla montifringilla) (1752)

Two birds, including a red-green parrot

Two birds: a blue jay and a purple-breasted cotinga (1760)

#Aert Schouman #art #dutch art #painting #animal painting #animals in art #bird #birds #bird painting #birds in art #watercolour on paper #work on paper #watercolor #watercolour #18th century art #18th century #18th century painting #paintings

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Jessica Biel

The Vision of Saint Jerome (Het visioen van de Heilige Hieronymus), 1715. Pieter Snyers (Flemish, 1681-1752).

#jessica biel #pieter snyers #18th century painting #18th century #saint jerome #flemish painter #fashion photography #pinup #glamor photography

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Still Life with Flowers Tobias Stranover (1684–1756, Transylvanian Saxon born)

#dianthus #carnation #roses #tulips #nasturtium #painting #still life #flowers #flower vase #glass vase #18th century painting #18th century art #Tobias Stranover

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▪︎ Abhisarika Nayika Braving a Storm.

Place of origin: India

Date: ca. 1760–1770

Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold metallic paint on paper

• From the source: Here a woman steals off through the wind and rain to meet her lover. At court the monsoon was a favored season for love-making, for the courtier could stay at home while the lady ventured forth through the perilous storm. For a woman at court, braving the elements to reach her lover was a welcome release from the tedium of daily life; hence, this was a popular image. The peacock on the roof heralds a night of love-making.

#18th century #18th century art #18th century painting #asian #asian art #Abis #abhisarika nayika #brave #braving #storm #watercolor #ca. 1760 #ca.1770

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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun • (French, 1755-1842) • La Comtesse Skavronskaia • 1796 • The Louvre, Paris

#elisabeth vigee le brun #art #painting #fine art #art history #portrait painting #french artist #rococo #french art #18th century art #18th century painting #portrait #portraits of women #royal portraits #woman artist #woman painter #the louvre

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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun — Self Portrait in a Straw Hat. 1782. detail

#elizabeth louise vigee le brun #art #art history #art detail #art details #detail #details #painting #18th century #18th century painting #french painting #french #le brun #vigee le brun

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Fantasy sights: of Derby

Another classical painter, to match the French Ingres - the British Joseph Wright of Derby, a great painter of the 18th century.

Let's begin with one of Derby's famous pieces, "The alchemist in search of the philosopher's stone", embodying the entire myths and legends surrounding the figure of the alchemist and the famed "stone". People might however be disappointed to learn that the actual and proper title to this piece is "The alchemist discovering phosporus", and that it is not as fantastical or imaginary as one would believe: it is actually an historical piece, depicting the German alchemist Hennig Brand discovering phosporus.

Next piece: The Lady in Milton's Comus. In my previous post I talked about the Orlando Furioso - here, is another forgotten name of my list, the play (well, a masque) Comus by Milton. Yes, the same Milton who created the Luciferian epic "Paradise Lost". Comus is the second most famous work of Milton right after Paradise Lost, and it has very Shakespearian tones, as a Lady and her two brothers, wandering through the woods, kept separated - the Lady becomes the prisoner of Comus, a perverse sorcerer and spirit of debauchery trying to rally the Lady to his sins, while her brothers are helped by an angelic spirit in their quest for their lost sister...

Speaking of Shakespeare, here is Derby's take on the Bard: Romeo and Juliet, the Tomb Scene.

This time a subject from the Odyssey: Penelope Unraveling her Web.

And finally, a subject taken from a Persian tale: Miravan breaking open the tomb of his ancestors.

#fantasy sights #painting #18th century painting #joseph wright of derby #the art of the myth #penelope #romeo and juliet #comus #milton's comus #alchemist #english painting

[collectionstilllife]

Alexandre-François Desportes (French, 1661-1743) • Still Life with Ewer • 1734 • Musée du Louvre

#still life #art #painting #fine art #art of the still life blog #french artist #18th century painting #musee du louvre #alexandre-françois desportes