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Boy in Blue

Academician / British / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Boy in Blue” of 1770 by Thomas Gainsborough.  This is his most famous work and is regarded as a homage to Anthony van Dyke influenced by the Belgian artist’s portrait of Charles II as a boy.  The painting remained in private hands until 1921 when it was sold by the second duke of Westminster to the art dealer Joseph Duveen in 1921.  The painting was then sold to the American railway pioneer Henry Huntingdon amid public outcry in Britain.  Gainsborough was forty-three when he completed this masterpiece, a year after he began exhibiting works to the Royal Academy.  He gained a national reputation but ceased displaying at the academy in 1773.  He moved to London the next year and became favored by the court of George III.  He continued to be a favorite of the royal family until his death I n1780.  This work is 122 cm wide and 178 cm high and is in the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, California.

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