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
His father was an architect and cabinetmaker in the court of Alexander Ferdinand, Prince von Thurn und Taxis, and Zoffany apprenticed in Germany.
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
The words on the monument are: Sacred to the Memory of John Zoffany, R.A. who died Nov.
From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard
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