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Portrait of Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne

Rosalba Carriera, 1731

This portrait of Lord Boyne is one of CarrieraÂ’s most charming and successful Grand Tourist images. Boyne completed the Grand Tour with Edward Walpole, son of Sir Robert Walpole and elder brother of Horace Walpole. The work shows Boyne, the young Irishman in Venetian carnival dress. The artist was talented at capturing textures and patterns. Carriera is credited with establishing pastel as a medium for finished portraiture rather than informal sketches and was the best known female artist in Europe before Angelica Kauffmann. As the first major 18th century pastel portrait, this work fills an important gap in the BarberÂ’s collection. It complements a French 19th century pastel portrait of Mlle Malo by Degas, and makes important connections with other Venetian pictures in the collection by Canaletto, Guardi and Novelli.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne, 1731

Date supported

2009

Medium and material

Pastel on laid paper

Dimensions

59.7 x 49.6 cm

Grant

75000

Total cost

525000

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