1789
oil
canvas
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield is a 1789 oil by Thomas Gainsborough, a Rococo painting work, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
This painting features a woman sitting outdoors, dressed in a blue and white gown with a shawl draped over her shoulders. She is positioned in front of a tree, with her right hand resting on her chin and her left hand holding the shawl. The background of the painting depicts a serene landscape with rolling hills and trees. The woman's attire and hairstyle suggest that the painting was created in the 18th century. The artist's use of color and composition creates a sense of elegance and refinement. The painting is reminiscent of the works of Thomas Gainsborough, an English artist known for his portraits and landscapes.
Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield is a large oil-on-canvas painting by the English portrait and landscape artist Thomas Gainsborough, completed between 1777 and 1778. It shows Anne Stanhope (née Thistlethwaite) (d. 1798), wife of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield, sitting in a blue and white satin dress, sitting in a garden, and is one of the best known of Gainsborough's many portraits of English aristocrats. Anne was the daughter of the Reverend Robert Thistlewayte of Southwick Park, Hampshire, who came from that region's gentry. She married George Stanhope in 1777. The…
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Anne is shown full-length, sitting in an outside setting, facing to her left with her legs crossed, apparently lost in thought. She leans on the stone balustrade of a terrace, while a stairway behind her leads down into the garden. She is dressed in the height of contemporary fashion, including a beige translucent shawl with gold fringe trimmings, and white slippers. Her hair is swept or brushed upwards, in the fashion of the day. He blue and white silk grown is low-cut and off-shoulder. The painting is divided vertically into two halves; behind Anne is dense, enclosed foliage, to her right…
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The portrait was held in the collection of the Stanhope family, passing by inheritance from its completion until 1923, when it was acquired by Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert, sixth earl of Carnarvon. It was sold at Christie's, London, in May, 1925, to Sir John Leigh, along with the portrait of Philip. On Leigh's death in 1959 it went into the ownership of the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons, who in turn sold it to Jean Paul Getty in 1959. Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield was again exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1887, and at the Royal House of Guelph in 1891. A…
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Thomas Gainsborough (; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting.
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