Sir John Reade, Baronet

1739

Rosalba Carriera

Associated Names
Rosalba Carriera

Artist, Venetian, 1675 - 1757

The image shows a portrait of a person from the chest up, facing slightly to the left. They have delicate features, light skin, arched eyebrows, light eyes, and light curly hair framing their face. They are wearing an elegant outfit with a richly detailed waistcoat with a swirling gold pattern, a dark overcoat, and a white cravat. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a dark, subdued gradient.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on blue laid paper mounted to canvas (on strainer)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 58 x 46 cm (22 13/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1939.1.66

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sani 2007, no. 393

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reade family, London; (sale, Christie's London, 13 July 1895, no. 5); Charles Fairfax Murray, Florence; Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955]; sold 15 July 1931 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1939 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1941

  • Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 36, no. 177.

1942

  • Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 243, repro. 83.

1959

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 238, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 24.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 17, repro.

1973

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XVI-XVIII Century. London, 1973: 134, fig. 262.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 56, repro.

1979

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. Washington, 1979: 1:124-125; 2:pl. 85.

1988

  • Bernardina Sani. Rosalba Carriera. Turin, 1988: no. 339, fig. 297.

1992

  • Rosenfeld, Myra Nan. "La culture de Largillierre." Revue de l'art 92(1992): 50, 51,53, n. 74, fig. 14.

2007

  • Bernardina Sani. Rosalba Carriera, 1673 - 1757. Turin, 2007: no. 393

Inscriptions

on verso on wooden backing board from the old frame: Sir John Reade. Bart / at the Age of Eighteen- / done by, Rosalba, / at Vinice, [sic]

Wikidata ID

Q64629799

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