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Dressed in Classically inspired robes, Lady Sarah Bunbury pours a libation of oil as an offering to the Three Graces, positioned behind her. Her soon-to-be husband, Charles Bunbury, commissioned this marriage portrait, making her association with the Graces—symbols of fertility and attendants to the Roman goddess of love, Venus—all the more appropriate.
The first president of the Royal Academy in London, Sir Joshua Reynolds urged his fellow artists to paint historical and edifying subjects based on the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. As a portrait painter, he developed a grand style that ennobled the genre by giving his sitters Classical attributes and poses.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 151 × 242 Cm |
| Tags | portraitswomanVenusvasetreesstatuesportraits: female subjectportraitpitchernaturemythologymarriages/weddingsloveGreek mythologyGreek godsfoliageflowersflorafireclassicalarchitecturearchitecturearchitechturewatergreen (color)altersdressesmythological figurespink (color)shrineswomen |
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John Heneage Jesse, George Selwyn and His Contemporaries, vol. 2
John Heneage Jesse, George Selwyn and His Contemporaries, vol. 2 (London, 1843), ill. (engraving of detail by J. Cook) opp. p. 88.
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London, Society of Artists, 1765, no. 104, as “A lady sacrificing to the graces, whole length.”
London, Society of Artists, 1765, no. 104, as “A lady sacrificing to the graces, whole length.”
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Charles Robert Leslie and Tom Taylor, Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with Notices of Some of His Contemporaries, vol. 1
Charles Robert Leslie and Tom Taylor, Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with Notices of Some of His Contemporaries, vol. 1 (London, 1865), pp. 247–48, 250.
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Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England with remarks on their productions
Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England with remarks on their productions (London, 1808), p. 189.
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William Cotton, Sir Joshua Reynolds and His Works
William Cotton, Sir Joshua Reynolds and His Works (London, 1856), p. 100.
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Pierre Jean Grosley, A Tour, to London; or New Observations on England, and Its Inhabitants, tr. by Thomas Nugent, vol. 2
Pierre Jean Grosley, A Tour, to London; or New Observations on England, and Its Inhabitants, tr. by Thomas Nugent, vol. 2 (London, 1772), p. 39.
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Edward Hamilton, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. from 1755 to 1822
Edward Hamilton, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. from 1755 to 1822 (London, 1884), p. 87.
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James Barry, The Works of James Barry, Esq., Historical Painter, vol. 1
James Barry, The Works of James Barry, Esq., Historical Painter, vol. 1 (London, 1809), p. 22.
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William Cotton, A Catalogue of the Portraits Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt., P.R.A.
William Cotton, A Catalogue of the Portraits Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt., P.R.A. (London, 1857), p. 12.
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William Jackson, The Four Ages, Together with Essays on Various Subjects
William Jackson, The Four Ages, Together with Essays on Various Subjects (London, 1798) pp. 172–73.
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Algernon Graves and William Vine Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., vol. 1
Algernon Graves and William Vine Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., vol. 1 (London, 1899), pp. 124–25.
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Duncan Robinson, review of Mark Hallett, Reynolds: Portraiture in Action in Burlington Magazine 157
Duncan Robinson, review of Mark Hallett, Reynolds: Portraiture in Action in Burlington Magazine 157 (2015), p. 344.
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Mark Hallett, Reynolds: Portraiture in Action
Mark Hallett, Reynolds: Portraiture in Action (New Haven and London, 2014), pp. 202-208, 454, fig. 189.
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Jill Johnson Deupi, “The Antique Legacy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment,” in A Companion to Greek Art, ed. Tyler Jo Smith and Dimitris Plantzos, vol. 2
Jill Johnson Deupi, “The Antique Legacy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment,” in A Companion to Greek Art, ed. Tyler Jo Smith and Dimitris Plantzos, vol. 2 (Malden, 2012), p. 647.
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Robin Underdahl and Thomas Sinsteden, The Red McCombs English & Irish Silver Collection: Every Piece Tells a Story
Robin Underdahl and Thomas Sinsteden, The Red McCombs English & Irish Silver Collection: Every Piece Tells a Story (San Antonio, 2010), p. 116, ill.
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Iris Wien, Joshua Reynolds: Mythos und Metapher
Iris Wien, Joshua Reynolds: Mythos und Metapher (Munich, 2009), pp. 88-90, ill., 93-94, 96, 99-100.
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Sam Smiles, ed., Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Acquisition of Genius
Sam Smiles, ed., Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Acquisition of Genius (Bristol, 2009), p. 113.
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Larry J. Feinberg, “A Brief History of the Old Masters in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Museum Studies 32
Larry J. Feinberg, “A Brief History of the Old Masters in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Museum Studies 32 (2006), pp. 10-11, ill.
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Jamie W. Johnson, “Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792” in Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, vol. 2,
Jamie W. Johnson, “Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792” in Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, vol. 2, (New York and London, 2004), p. 944.
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Martin Postle, “Joshua Reynolds” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 46,
Martin Postle, “Joshua Reynolds” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 46, (Oxford, 2004), p. 555.
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Erika Langmuir, The National Gallery Companion Guide
Erika Langmuir, The National Gallery Companion Guide (London, 2004), p. 330.
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Marvin Perry, J. Wayne Baker, and Pamela Pfeiffer Hollinger, The Humanities in the Western Tradition: Ideas and Aesthetics, vol. II
Marvin Perry, J. Wayne Baker, and Pamela Pfeiffer Hollinger, The Humanities in the Western Tradition: Ideas and Aesthetics, vol. II (Boston and New York, 2003), pp. 161-162, ill.
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Amelia Rauser, “The Butcher-Kissing Duchess of Devonshire: Between Caricature and Allegory in 1784,” Eighteenth-Century Studies 36
Amelia Rauser, “The Butcher-Kissing Duchess of Devonshire: Between Caricature and Allegory in 1784,” Eighteenth-Century Studies 36 (2002), p. 38.
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Fernando Mazzocca, Roberto Pancheri, and Alessandro Casagrande, eds., Un ritrattista nell’Europa delle corti: Givoanni Battista Lampi, 1751-1830
Fernando Mazzocca, Roberto Pancheri, and Alessandro Casagrande, eds., Un ritrattista nell’Europa delle corti: Givoanni Battista Lampi, 1751-1830 (Trento, 2001), p. 30, ill.
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Gillen D’Arcy Wood, The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760-1860
Gillen D’Arcy Wood, The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760-1860 (New York, 2001), pp. 55-56, ill.
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Roy Strong, The Spirit of Britain: A Narrative History of the Arts
Roy Strong, The Spirit of Britain: A Narrative History of the Arts (New York, 2000), p. 411, ill.
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Malcolm Warner and Robyn Asleson, eds., Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney
Malcolm Warner and Robyn Asleson, eds., Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Norwich, 2000), p. 5, ill.
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David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings
David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (London and New Haven, 2000), vol. 1, pp. 111–112, no. 279, vol. 2, p. 306, fig. 612.
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Stephanie Goda Tasch, Studien zum weiblichen Rollenporträt in England von Anthonis van Dyck bis Joshua Reynolds
Stephanie Goda Tasch, Studien zum weiblichen Rollenporträt in England von Anthonis van Dyck bis Joshua Reynolds (Weimar, 1999), pp. 146-149, 154, 369, fig. 91.
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Gill Perry, “‘Mere face painters’? Hogarth, Reynolds and ideas of academic art in eighteenth-century Britain,” in Art and its Histories: Academies, Museums and Canons of Art, eds. Gill Perry and Colin Cunningham
Gill Perry, “‘Mere face painters’? Hogarth, Reynolds and ideas of academic art in eighteenth-century Britain,” in Art and its Histories: Academies, Museums and Canons of Art, eds. Gill Perry and Colin Cunningham (New Haven and London, 1999), pp. 129-130, ill.
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James Lawson, Van Dyck: Paintings and Drawings
James Lawson, Van Dyck: Paintings and Drawings (Munich, London, and New York, 1999), p. 14.
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Beth Fowkes Tobin, Picturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting
Beth Fowkes Tobin, Picturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting (Durham and London, 1999), pp. 209-211, ill.
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Hugh Honour and John Fleming, A World History of Art, 5th ed.
Hugh Honour and John Fleming, A World History of Art, 5th ed. (London, 1999), p. 632, ill.
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Alex Kidson, Earlier British Paintings in the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Alex Kidson, Earlier British Paintings in the Lady Lever Art Gallery (Norwich, 1999), p. 137, ill.
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Aileen Ribeiro "Muses and Mythology: Classical Dress in British Eighteenth-Century Female Portraiture," in Defining Dress: Dress as Object, Meaning and Identity, ed. Amy de la Haye and Elizabeth Wilson
Aileen Ribeiro "Muses and Mythology: Classical Dress in British Eighteenth-Century Female Portraiture," in Defining Dress: Dress as Object, Meaning and Identity, ed. Amy de la Haye and Elizabeth Wilson (Manchester and New York, 1999), pp. 108-109, ill.
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Thomas W. Gaehtgens, “L’Art des Sociétés,” in Histoire Artistique de L’Europe: Le XVIIIe Siècle, vol. 3, ed. Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Krzysztof Pomian
Thomas W. Gaehtgens, “L’Art des Sociétés,” in Histoire Artistique de L’Europe: Le XVIIIe Siècle, vol. 3, ed. Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Krzysztof Pomian (Paris, 1998), p. 280, ill.
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Philip Ayres, Classical Culture and the Idea of Rome in Eighteenth-Century England
Philip Ayres, Classical Culture and the Idea of Rome in Eighteenth-Century England (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 150, pl. 29.
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Susan Rather, “Carpenter, Tailor, Shoemaker, Artist: Copley and Portrait Painting around 1700,” Art Bulletin 79
Susan Rather, “Carpenter, Tailor, Shoemaker, Artist: Copley and Portrait Painting around 1700,” Art Bulletin 79 (1997), p. 273, fig. 2.
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Thomas Fleming, Liberty! The American Revolution
Thomas Fleming, Liberty! The American Revolution (New York, 1997), p. 18, ill.
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Marcia Pointon, Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession, and Representation in English Visual Culture: 1665-1800
Marcia Pointon, Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession, and Representation in English Visual Culture: 1665-1800 (Oxford, 1997), pp. 60, 71, 175, pl. 25.
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Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art
Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art (London, 1996), p. 106.
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Richard Wendorf, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society
Richard Wendorf, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society (London, 1996), p. 14.
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Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago
Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1996), pp. 276–282, ill.
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Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures
Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures (Cambridge, 1995), p. 312.
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Marilyn Stokstad, Art History
Marilyn Stokstad, Art History (New York, 1995), pp. 941-942, ill., and subsequent editions
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Gill Perry, “‘The British Sappho’: Borrowed Identities and the Representation of Women Artists in Late Eighteenth-Century British Art,” Oxford Art Journal 18
Gill Perry, “‘The British Sappho’: Borrowed Identities and the Representation of Women Artists in Late Eighteenth-Century British Art,” Oxford Art Journal 18 (1995), pp. 47-48, ill.
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Barbara Maria Stafford, Artful Science: Enlightenment Entertainment and the Eclipse of Visual Education
Barbara Maria Stafford, Artful Science: Enlightenment Entertainment and the Eclipse of Visual Education (Cambridge and London, 1994), pp. 167-168, ill., 173, 309, xiv.
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Katharine Hart, James Gillray: Prints by the Eighteenth-Century Master of Caricature, exh. cat.
Katharine Hart, James Gillray: Prints by the Eighteenth-Century Master of Caricature, exh. cat. (Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, 1994), pp. 11–12, fig. 2.
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Stella Tillyard, Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832
Stella Tillyard, Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832 (New York, 1994), pp. xxv, 138, 315, ill.
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Christopher M. S. Johns, “Portrait Mythology: Antonio Canova’s Portraits of the Bonapartes,” Eighteenth Century Studies 28
Christopher M. S. Johns, “Portrait Mythology: Antonio Canova’s Portraits of the Bonapartes,” Eighteenth Century Studies 28 (1994), p. 119.
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