Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810
2011, 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #396597
Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011. Physical description: xi, 708 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. Notes: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Contents: Part 1: Germany and Italy, 1799-1760: The making of a German artist ; Return to practise in Germany -- Part 2: England, 1760-1772: To London at a venture ; The patronage of a David Garrick ; Portraiture, the staple of his profession ; Patronage leading to the highest in the land ; Painter of conversation pieces ; Enter the stage ; Painting the theatre, the player's art captured ; Royal patronage ; From professional triumph to personal trouble -- Part 3: Italy, 1772-1779: The tribuna ; A professional painter in Florence ; Imperial patronage ; Family affairs ; The last year in Florence ; Parma -- Part 4: England, 1779-1783: Return to London ; Re-establishing a portrait practice ; Charles Townley's library in Park street -- Part 5: India, 1783-1789: Passage to India ; Anglo-Indian Calcutta ; Up the country ; Adventurers, Orientalists and friends -- Part 6: England, 1789-1810: London anew ; The French revolution ; A dwindling career. Subjects: Zoffany, Johann 1733-1810 Criticism and interpretation; Charles Townley's library in Park Street; Painters England; Biography; Painters Germany; Painters; Germany.
Price: €100.00