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
This is not a random selection: The curators are being up-front, literally, about realigning Zoffany, a painter known for pleasant portraits and conversation pieces, with the larger events and movements of his day.
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
Among these should be specially noted a pastile by Zoffany of Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Child, taken in the porch at Osterley.
From Glimpses of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide In Letters of the Late Miss Clitherow, of Boston House, Middlesex. With a Brief Account of Boston House and the Clitherow Family by Clitherow, Mary
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