Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland.

The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with a number of other paintings from ...

Two-line registration, under the portrait: “Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland.”...

Pompeo Batoni was the son of a goldsmith with whom he first learned to draw. He subsequently trained as a painter with two local artists: Domenico Brugieri and Giovan Domenico Lomb...

Portrait of Anastasia Robinson. The later countess is shown here as a chest pattern in the half profile facing to the right. She turned her head towards the left leaf margin. She w...

Canaletto visited England in 1746, arriving there in the spring. The celebrated Venetian artist travelled with a letter of recommendation from one of his most important protectors,...