Portrait of Robert Hay Drummond

Andrea Soldi (1703 - 1771)

York Art Gallery

1755

The subject was a typically 18th century figure, deeply suspicious of religious enthusiasm and a liberal patron of the arts. Soldi, a native of Florence, came to England where, for some years, he enjoyed considerable success as a portraitist. In its vivacity, this work seems to owe something to Hogarth's Archbishop Herring although it is evidently also a good characterisation of its genial, bonhomous subject.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 124 x 98 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2750 ( Total: £11,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1983
• Vendor: Colnaghi

Provenance

Christies 20/11/1981, lot 119.

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