Zoffany
Britishnoun
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In a 1770s painting by Zoffany, all the male academicians of the RA are shown studying a naked man.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2018
The painting, once attributed to Johann Zoffany, was commissioned by Lord Mansfield, who had been born William Murray at Scone in 1705 and educated at Perth Grammar School.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2014
The first five canvases on view at “Johan Zoffany, RA: Society Observed” at the Yale Center for British Art take as their subject classical myth, portraiture, colonialism and the French Revolution.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2011
A pair of Johann Zoffany portraits of the 18th-century actor David Garrick is the most valuable lot at Sotheby’s, estimated at 6 million pounds to 8 million pounds.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 29, 2011
Finally, we owe to Admiral Ernest Rice kind permission to have the photograph taken, from which the reproduction of his Zoffany portrait is made into a frontispiece for this volume.
From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William
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