Sixteenth- to nineteenth-century British painting : State Hermitage Museum catalogue /
| Corporate author / creator: | Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia) |
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| Uniform title: | Britanskaia zhivopis' XVI-XIX vekov. English |
| Imprint: | New Haven : Published for Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London by Yale University Press, c2011. |
| Description: | xi, 416 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8434960 |
| Summary: | The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg houses a relatively small but choice collection of 16th- to 19th-century British paintings, among them Thomas Gainsborough's vibrant Portrait of a Lady in Blue ( c . 1770) and his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds' vast Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents ( c . 1786), commissioned by the Russian Empress Catherine II and symbolizing a young Russia's growing strength. 135 paintings--works by artists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales--are presented in this comprehensive catalogue. Also included are portraits from the famed War Gallery created by English painter George Dawe, who was awarded a prestigious commission to produce more than 300 images of Russian generals for the Gallery of 1812 in the historic Winter Palace, now part of the museum complex. |
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| Item Description: | Rev. ed. of: Britanskaia zhivopis' XVI-XIX vekov. 2009. Per publisher, the spine title "Seventeenth- to nineteenth-century British painting" is incorrect, title page is correct title. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 416 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300170467 0300170467 |
