John Hoppner RA
Portrait of a lady as a Baccante, 1780s
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Philip Mould & Co.
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com This portrait with its sense of rushing energy conveyed in the thickly-worked impasto and the rapid energy of the sky...
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com
This portrait with its sense of rushing energy conveyed in the thickly-worked impasto and the rapid energy of the sky was in its time a daring work. At some point after its execution the sitter's hair was overpainted brown to relocate this Bacchant in a classical past though her newly-revealed powdered hair proves that she was intended as a very contemporary seductress. Hoppner's wife is believed to have been the model for this remarkable picture which is surely one of the most sophisticated and sensuous examples of Regency painting.
This portrait with its sense of rushing energy conveyed in the thickly-worked impasto and the rapid energy of the sky was in its time a daring work. At some point after its execution the sitter's hair was overpainted brown to relocate this Bacchant in a classical past though her newly-revealed powdered hair proves that she was intended as a very contemporary seductress. Hoppner's wife is believed to have been the model for this remarkable picture which is surely one of the most sophisticated and sensuous examples of Regency painting.
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