Nicolas Lancret

The Bird Cage (1740s)

• Birdcage is a symbol of virtue/virginity
• Symbolizing a woman opening up his virtue and the woman is trying to get in his pants

Francis Boucher

Hercules and Omphale (1730-34)

• The cupids in the corner are holding their clothes (illustrates who the characters are)
• Takes off where Lemoyne left off

Francois Boucher

Triumph of Venus (1740)

• Modeled after Coypel
• Cloth on couch integrated into couch (for King of Sweden)

Francois Boucher

Diana Resting at her Bath (1742)

• Diana Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt
• Two nude women (Eroticism) isolated in the wilderness
• Aspects of fete galente
• One eye is looking at her foot and the other eye is looking between Diana's legs

Francois Boucher

Autumn Pastoral (1749)

• Shepherd is feeling the shepherdess grapes (one eye is looking at her and the other is looking at her breasts)

Maurice Quentin de la Tour

Self-Portrait (1751)

• Inspired by Carerra
• Pastel medium (texture quality to pastel for velvet and skin)

Francois Boucher

Madame de Pompadour (1756)

• Diderot's Encyclopedia
• Was probably more intellegent than the King himself

Francois Boucher

The Rising of the Sun (1753)

• Apollo (Sun God)
• Symbol of the beginning of King Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour's relationship

Francis Boucher

The Setting of the Sun (1753)

• Making a sad departure
• Symbol for the end of their relationship

Francois Boucher

Madame de Pompadour at her Dressing Table (1758)

• Right before her death
• Marks her transition from Mistress to friend

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Jean-Marc Nattier

Queen Marie Leczinska (1748)

• Sense of mourning (wishes her husband was dead)
• Devout Catholic waited until he died

Quentin de la Tour

Madame de Pompadour (1755)

• Damaged around her head
• Sheet music meant to elude to her musical ability
• Portfolio in background to demonstrate she had basic knowledge of art

Thomas Gainsborough

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews (1748)

• land owning class
• Tree behind Mrs. Andrews signifys how she inherited the land, or the family tree

Thomas Gainsborough

Mrs. Siddons (1785)

• Heavily involved in theatre
• Was acceptable for her to be unmarried still she was called Mrs. Sarah Siddons
• Gainsborough depicts her in her own clothes as herself; usually when she was painted she is painted in the role she would be playing

Thomas Gainsborough

The Cottage Door (1780s)

• Family looks to mother
• No father figure around
• Enclosure by Act of Parliament

Joseph Wright of Derby

The Orrery (1765)

• Allegory for the universe
• Freemasons believe in supreme being (clockmaker of the universe)
• The God winds the clock and just sits back and watches

Joseph Wright of Derby

The Airpump (1768)

Joseph Wright of Derby

The Alchemist (1772)

• Was intended to be a gift for Josiah Wedgewood (founder of Wedgewood Pottery)
• At the time, they thought Alchemy and Pottery were linked
• Boiled urine makes Phosphorus

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Self Portrait in Academic Robes (1770)

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces (1760s)

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse (1784)

• The legend is that she just plopped herself down in this oversized chair and Reynolds wanted her to hold the pose for as long as she could

Sir Joshua Reynolds

David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy (1760-61)

• Great at both Tragedy and Comedy
• Looks apologetically at Tragedy but goes with comedy

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Omai (1776)

• Omai was Tahitian
• Was a bit of a spectacle always invited to parties kinda like an exhibit at the zoo

William Hogarth

Marriage a la Mode: The Marriage Contract (1745)

• During this time, it was believed that someone got gout because they had too rich of food
• Wrapped in a  bandage and propped up

Francois Lemoyne

Hercules and Omphale (1724)

Noel Nicholas Coypel

Rape of Europa (1727)

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin

The Ray (1728)

• Still Life

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin

The Governess (1738)

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin

Attributes of the Arts (1766)

Angelica Kauffman

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1764)

Angelica Kauffman

Cupid Vendors (1760s)

Angelica Kauffman

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi (1785)

Angelica Kauffman

Self-Portrait between Music and Painting (1794-95)

Angelica Kauffman

Design (1770) @ Royal Academy of the Arts

Angelica Kauffman

Self-Portrait as Painting Embraced by Poetry (1768)

Joseph Wright of Derby

Penelope Unraveling her Web (1784)

Joeseph Wright of Derby

Corinthian Maid (1784)

Joseph Wright of Derby

Sir Brooke Boothby (1781)

Marco Benefial

St. Caterina Fieschi Adorno (1737)

Agostino Masucci

The Blessed Caterina de Ricci (1732)

Sebastiano Conca

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (1741)

Apollo Belvedere

(Ancient Roman)