Richard Cosway

Half-length portrait of a distinguished gentleman

Details

Provenienz:
Seit mindestens den 1970er Jahren in Privatbesitz, Rheinland.

Description

Cosway war 1785 zum “Principal Painter” des Prince of Wales ernannt worden. Man schätzte ihn vor allem für seine Portraitminiaturen, für deren Fond er meist ein helles leuchtendes Antwerpener Blau verwendete. – In schöner Erhaltung.

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