THE MARLBOROUGH FAMILY / GEORGE SPENCER, 4TH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 1739-1817, AND HIS FAMILY - BY CHARLES TURNER AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

A fine and monumental group portrait set in Blenheim Palace. It depicts the 4th Duke and Duchess with six off their offspring. Reynolds completed their portrait in the 1770’s and this fine work was engraved in 1838

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was one of the most important figures of the eighteenth century art world. He was the first President of the Royal Academy and Britain's leading portrait painter. Through a series of lectures on the Discourses on Art at the Royal Academy he defined the style later known as the Grand Manner, an idealised Classical aesthetic. He had a profound impact on the theory and practice of art and helped to raise the status of portrait painting into the realm of fine art. A flamboyant socialite, Reynolds used his social contacts to promote himself and advance his career becoming one of the most prominent portrait painters of the period.

Sheet: 45cm x 38cm Framed: 60cm x 53cm

Price: £960