Exhibited in 1768 at London’s Free Society of Artists, Romney’s portrait of the Leigh family is a highly accomplished example of the artist’s skills as a portra
Allan Ramsay’s full-length portrait of Richard Grenville (1711–79) is undoubtedly one of his finest works, and indeed one of the finest British portraits of the mid to late eighteenth centuryR
Lady Frances Finch was born at Grosvenor Square, London, on 9 February 1761, the daughter of Heanage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, and Charlotte, daughter of Charles Seymour, Duke of…
The sitter in this portrait, the Rt Hon. Charles Wolfran Cornewall, was born in 1735 at Berrington, Herefordshire.
Theophila (‘Offy’) Palmer (1757–1848) was the favourite niece of Sir Joshua Reynolds and model for his acclaimed ‘fancy’ picture Strawberry Girl, 1773 (Wallace Collection
Arthur Devis made his career in London as a painter par excellence of the ‘conversation piece’- small group portraits in domestic settings that became very popular in England in the…
This impressive portrait of Frederick Augustus II (1697–1763), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (as Augustus III), painted when the young Frederick spent a year in Paris in 1714–15,…
This painting is a document of the Grand Tour (the traditional visit to Europe undertaken by Britain’s upper classes), and is one of Pompeo Batoni’s finest portraits of an English…
Reaching more local and rural communities than ever before, NGV Kids on Tour encourages children and families across the state from Gippsland through to Wodonga to participate in free activities…
Purchased from the artist by Andrew Kinsman Hichens Esq (1834–1906), patron of Watts and husband of the sitter, Mary ‘May
New acquisition Through the support of generous donors and our Annual Appeal 2017, we have recently acquired an exquisite portrait of Césarine de Houdetot, shown against a backdrop depicting the…
George Frederick Watts first met the Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson in 1857 and painted this portrait shortly after.
The painting, attributed to Thomas Lawrence, is framed in the style associated with Lawrence. These ogee profiled frames are extensively ornamented with fine composition mouldings of repeating scrolled, foliate patterns….
Two-time Archibald prize-winner Del Kathryn Barton is being celebrated in the largest ever exhibition of her work to date at NGV Australia.
The x radiograph of Portrait study reveals a previous portrait underlying the one we see.