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Description: | 94.0 x 82.0 s.d. b.r. "A. Ramsey/ 1769" CRE RAMSAY, Allan; (Scottish; 1713-1784) The son of well-known Scottish writer and poet of the same name, Allan Ramsay was one of the most brilliant portrait painters of the Enlightenment. Inspired by extensive visits to the continent, and by contemporary
philosophical debates, Ramsay developed a style based on an understanding of the nuances of human physiognomy rather than artistic convention. This late work is a fi ne portrait of great colour and fl uidity. The
sitter, Martha Rollinson of Chadlington, Oxfordshire, was the wife of Ferdinando Tracy Travell, rector of Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire. Ramsay also painted a companion portrait of her brother, Lord Rollinson, in 1769 (private collection). | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : FIGURE : FEMALE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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