1790
oil
canvas
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803) is a 1790 oil by Thomas Gainsborough, a Rococo painting work, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
This portrait shows a man in an 18th-century suit, leaning on a picture frame. He has white hair and wears a brown jacket with a white shirt underneath. The background is dark red. The man's face is turned slightly to the right, and he looks directly at the viewer. His right hand rests on the picture frame, which is positioned in front of him. The overall atmosphere of the painting is formal and dignified. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this portrait, you might want to look up Thomas Gainsborough.
Portrait of James Christie is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough, from 1778. It depicts the Scottish auctioneer James Christie, the founder of the London auction house Christie's. A fashionable Society portraitist, Gainsborough had moved from Bath to London in 1774 and lived by Schomberg House close to Christie's auction house on Pall Mall. He depicts Christie in the fashionable dress of the era and leaning on the frame of a large landscape painting, likely to be one of Gainsborough's own. It was one of twelve paintings that Gainsborough submitted to…
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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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