#giuseppe maria crespi
Hecuba Blinding Polymestor by Giuseppe Maria Crespi (early 18th c.) // ‘Foreign Object’, The Mountain Goats
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Giuseppe Maria Crespi - portrait of Charles Hanbury Williams, c. 1725
The painting, evident international taste, has long been considered the portrait of Carlo Broschi, the famous Farinello, soprano and Bolognese origin who returned home only in advanced years. Though it is a typically aristocratic portrait and elegantly finished, it has the same expressive force as Crespi’s popular portrayal, an indication of the artist’s ability to maintain his natural style by approaching an aulic subject.
For comparision: Charles Hanbury Williams by Anton Raphael Mengs
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