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From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Portrait of a Naval Officer, Known as Augustus Keppel is an oil by John Wollaston, a Rococo painting work, held at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This portrait depicts a man in a dark blue coat with silver trim, standing in front of a ship. He holds a long, dark object in his right hand and a sword in his left. The man's attire suggests he is a naval officer, and the ship in the background reinforces this idea. The painting's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality. To learn more about the artist behind this work, explore the paintings of John Wollaston the Younger.
John Wollaston (fl. 1742 – 1775) was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting and was active mostly in British North America. He was one of a handful of painters to introduce English Rococo styles of…
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