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| Arthur Devis, Mr and Mrs Atherton, c.1743 |
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| Arthur Davis, The John Bacon Family, c.1742-43 |
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| Johann Zoffany, Sir Lawrence Dundas and his Son, c. 1775 |
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| Johan Zoffany, Colonel Blair with his Family and an Indian Ayah, 1786 |
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| William Hogarth, The Cholmondely Family, 1732 |
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| Pehr Hillestrom, Gustavian Style Interior with Cardplayers, c. 1779 |
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| Pehr Hillestrom, Conversations at Drottningholms Palace, 1779 |
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| Niclas Lafrensen, Count Alexander Stroganov with his wife and Children , c. 1778 |
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| Arthur Devis, Sir Roger Newdigate in the Library at Arbury |
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| William Hogarth, The Strode Family, 1738 |
Absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteVery charming, lovely and really serene!
ReplyDeletebeautiful! there are a few such interiors lifted wholesale into the Met in NYC which I love to stand in, these give me a nice visualization of their native inhabitants.
ReplyDeleteInteresting choice by the Cholmondy family. Little terrors trashing the family library offset by cupids in the corner. It's always fun to speculate what the people were looking for when they had their families recorded for posterity.
ReplyDeleteExtremely interesting and delightful! Thank you, Heather: I check your blog daily and I know there will always be something very interesting :)
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me there's a book about Zoffany coming out that I'm totally psyched about.
ReplyDeleteMy house actually resembles the Cholmondelys' place more than any other... our books aren't as well-organized, though.
ReplyDelete~Lylassandra
I was heartened to see how large those panes were in the two plates that showed windows. In our television show (colonybay.net), I thought one of our doors had too large a glass, but it seems a bit more reasonable now.
ReplyDeleteThese interior paintings always fascinate me: so much room, so little people! It really is about showing your identity through your wealth and place.
ReplyDeleteThe third from bottom is decidedly by Niclas Lafrensen, or Nicolas Lawreince as he was known in france, a swede who grew up in the same block as i. He's best known for his beautiful gouaches showing mainly interior scenes, he also did the famous one of an outdoor party at petit trianon. Lovely post as always!
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU!
ReplyDeletewell if you want truly unbelievable stories of time gone past when art could not even hope to imitate life, what about the Artist Zoffany that painted two of these paintings - he was an intriguing man, suspected of not only bigamy but cannibalism, he was my husbands GGGGGGrandfather.....
ReplyDeleteAnd what an ancestor to have, painter to kings, Queens and Duchesses, Emperors and yet....