#1700s art
Portrait of the Maistre Sisters, Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835), 1796
Oil on canvas
43.2 × 31.2 cm
Two Boys with a Bladder, Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797), ca. 1769-1770
Oil on canvas
A Philosopher Showing an Experiment on the Air Pump, Valentine Green (British, 1739-1813) after Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797), published 1769
Mezzotint on paper
Maria Sibylla Merian — Banana Tree Flower with Io Moth from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname) first published in 1705.
Merian was a German artist and naturalist self funded a trip Suriname to record the entomological life in the region. A somewhat unusual enterprise for a woman even under Dutch Colonial Rule.
Portrait of Merian by Jacob Marrel. 1679.
Sonate pour clavecin en la mineur, Kk. 3 – Domenico Scarlatti
Bulles de savon (Soap Bubbles)
Jean Siméon Chardin, 1734
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Pièces de clavecin : Suite en ré mineur - majeur : I. Rondeau, « Les tendre plaintes » – Jean-Philippe Rameau
La lettre d'amour (The Love Letter)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770
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Concerto pour piano n.° 4 en sol majeur, K. 41 : II. Andante — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Détail de « Progrès de l'amour : La Lettre d'amour », par Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1771/2)
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Aria et 6 variations en sol mineur, P. 196 : II. Variation 1 – Johann Pachelbel
Détail de « Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott », par Thomas Gainsborough (1778).
Detail of “Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott”, by Thomas Gainsborough (1778).
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Détail de « Saint Pierre », par Pierre-Étienne Monnot, dans labasilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran (ca. 1704/11).
Detail of “Saint Peter” by Pierre-Étienne Monnot in the Basilica of St. John Lateran (ca. 1704/11).
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Sonate pour clavier en mi majeur, K. 380 – Domenico Scarlatti
La lettre d'amour (The Love Letter)
François Boucher, 1750
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joanna elisabeth, princess of anhalt-zerbst, duchess of holstein-gottorp, and mother of catherine the great of russia
antoine pesne, c. 1746
catherine i, empress of russia
jean-marc nattier, 1717
Girl with a Book, by Pietro Antonio Rotari, (18th century.
Arcadia Temple by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Parco Ducale, Parma, 1769
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Fontana del Trianon by Giuliano Mozzani, Parco Ducale, Parma, 1712-1719
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Gruppo del Sileno by Jean-Baptiste Boudard, Parco Ducale, Parma, 1760
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