Allan Ramsay - A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings
A Complete Catalogue Of His Paintings
- Editore:
Yale University Press
- Collana:
- Paul Mellon Centre
- EAN:
9780300081107
- ISBN:
0300081103
- Pagine:
- 436
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Allan Ramsay - A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings
This is the first complete catalogue of oil paintings by Allan Ramsay (1713-84), whose career spanned the period in which British art established a national identity. Ramsay was a well-educated Scotsman familiar with contemporary Italian and French portraiture, and his mature portraits, with their delicate coloring and subtle characterization, provide a most elegant episode in the history of British art.More than six hundred portraits are catalogued in detail. Each is illustrated in black and white in a chronological sequence indicating, with the forty-eight color plates and selected relevant drawings, the full range of Ramsay's art. There is an introductory essay and biographical summary, a chronological list of portraits, statistical surveys of Ramsay's production and prices, and indexes of engravers and of sales.