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G. F. Watts’s portrait of May Prinsep: a colonial orphan at the NGV
In 2015 the National Gallery of Victoria was fortunate to acquire from a private donor a painting by the distinguished British artist George Frederic Watts (1817–1904
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Mina Moore’s photographic portrait of Nellie Stewart
In the year 1911, at the age of 53, the famous Australian stage actress and pantomime artist Nellie Stewart sat for her portrait in the Melbourne studio of a young…
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‘Mr Cooper’s interesting present’: likeness and learning in William Dyce’s Portrait of HRH the Prince of Wales, 1848, National Gallery of Victoria
In 1877 an engaging portrait drawing of a child by William Dyce (fig. 1) was given to the National Gallery of Victoria by a little-known collector, Duncan Elphinstone Cooper.
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British and Australian portraits at the National Gallery of Victoria
Portraiture is, and always has been, an important component of the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).
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Portrait of the artist as hero: Margaret Thomas’s portraits of Charles Summers
For many years Margaret Thomas’s Charles Summers, c. 1879 (fi
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The identity of both the painter and subject of this charming portrait has remained elusive. It has at times been attributed to Francis Cotes, Henry Singleton and Johan Zoffany.
England / Scotland Portrait of a flower painter
The identity of both the painter and subject of this charming portrait has remained elusive. It has at times been attributed to Francis Cotes, Henry Singleton and Johan Zoffany.
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William Eggleston Portraits
NGV Festival of Photography William Eggleston Portraits NGV International | 17 March – 18 June 2017 | Free entry Direct from the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Gallery…
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William Eggleston Portraits
FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY William Eggleston is one of the most important photographic artists of the twentieth century.
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Artistic souls: Edward Burne-Jones and his portrait of Baronne Deslandes
The celebrated nineteenth-century British artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) is well represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Victor
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Work of the Week: Self-portrait 1977
Over the past half century Chuck Close has reinvigorated the genre of portraiture with his painted, printed, photographic and drawn images of himself, his family and his friends.
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Leopold Zborowski (1889–1932) (dealer), Paris; collection of M. Jonas Netter, Paris; J.-Ch. Girard, Paris (possibly a dealer); Etienne Bignou (dealer), Paris; exhibited Venice International Exhibition, 1930, Modigliani group, n
Provenance for Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert (Portrait du peintre Manuel Humbert)
Leopold Zborowski (1889–1932) (dealer), Paris; collection of M. Jonas Netter, Paris; J.-Ch. Girard, Paris (possibly a dealer); Etienne Bignou (dealer), Paris; exhibited Venice International Exhibition, 1930, Modigliani group, n
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According to Cossio, this painting had been in the estate of M.
Provenance for Portrait of a cardinal
According to Cossio, this painting had been in the estate of M.
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Probably Sotheby’s, London, before 1935 R.E.A. Wilson (dealer and restorer), London, 1935 sold to Howard Spensley (c.
Provenance for Portrait of an old man
Probably Sotheby’s, London, before 1935 R.E.A. Wilson (dealer and restorer), London, 1935 sold to Howard Spensley (c.
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Inventory of the collection of the Prince-Elector and Duke of Palatine Karl Theodor (1724–99), Mannheim, 1780, n
Provenance for Portrait of a young man
Inventory of the collection of the Prince-Elector and Duke of Palatine Karl Theodor (1724–99), Mannheim, 1780, n
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A case study of two lama portraits in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
Introduction In 1989 the National Gallery of Victoria acquired two nineteenth-century Tibetan scroll paintings (thangkas) depicting Tibetan Buddhist lamas: Yuntonpa with Begtse Chen (fig.