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View of Boston (1738) on se Johann Harper -maalaus, joka herättää eniten huomiota. Sen jälkeen katse siirtyy kohteisiin Portrait of a Man (1720) ja Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School (1724). Johann Harperin 68 teoksemme joukosta nämä 68 ovat kuuluisimpia; jokainen on ainutlaatuinen alkuperäisteos, joka on esitelty vuosiluvun, museon ja sen syyn kera, miksi teos on säilyttänyt suosionsa.
The water of the Boston harbor stretches out in a pale, steady light. Small boats dot the surface, some drifting near the shoreline while others find their place further out in the bay. Figures move upon these vessels, tiny silhouettes of life amidst the salt and tide. Along the grassy edge of the coast, a group of sheep grazes in silence. The scene holds a quiet balance between the industry…
The sitter occupies a central position within a heavy, upholstered chair, a placement that asserts his social standing and authority. A draped curtain hangs behind him, creating a sense of depth and private seclusion. The composition relies on geometric stability, where the rectangular lines of an open book and the structured frame of the chair mirror the precise contours of the man's face. This formal arrangement reflects the early eighteenth-century…
In this 1724 portrait, we encounter Benjamin Moreland, the High Master of St. Paul's School, presented with a quiet, commanding dignity. He is seated in an ornate wooden armchair, his form draped in heavy, reddish-brown silk robes that catch the light with a subtle, satin-like sheen. The weight of the fabric is palpable, suggesting both the physical comfort and the social gravity of his position. He sits slightly off-center, a…
The portrait of Mrs. James Pitts by Johann Harper emerges through layers of oil on canvas, capturing a presence that feels immediate and tangible. The medium allows for a delicate handling of light across the subject's features, where the pigment settles into the weave to create a sense of soft, living skin. Every brushstroke contributes to the weight of her attire, suggesting the heavy drape of fabric through subtle shifts…
In the quietude of John Smibert’s 1726 masterpiece, George Berkeley, we encounter more than just a formal portrait; we are invited into the very sanctuary of a profound mind. The painting presents the future Bishop of Cloyne in a moment of deep, introspective repose. Seated with his hand delicately pressed against his chin, Berkeley’s posture serves as a visual metaphor for the contemplative weight of his philosophical inquiries. There is…
The composition organizes a multi-generational group within a formal interior. This formal family grouping is arranged in a balanced configuration of standing and seated figures, including men, women, and children. The physical proximity of these family members creates a sense of togetherness throughout the scene. The subjects are positioned in a structured manner that emphasizes their social presence and familial connection.
A heavy brown waistcoat anchors the frame, its fabric absorbing the light in deep, earthy shadows. Above the collar, a white cravat cuts a sharp, bright line through the darkness, a stark verticality against the muted tones of the subject's attire. The man’s face emerges from a dark, indeterminate background, caught in a soft chiaroscuro that defines the ridge of a nose and the curve of a cheek. His wig,…
A Member of the Livingston Family by Johann Harper is a formal 18th-century oil portrait of a man, executed about 1740. The composition is a half-length portrait presented within an oval vignette. The subject is a middle-aged man positioned slightly off-center in the frame. He maintains a calm, direct gaze toward the viewer. He wears a powdered white wig characterized by tight curls that frame his face. A white cravat…
Mrs. Nathaniel Cunningham, painted by Johann Harper in 1730, presents a formal portrait of Ann Boucher. The subject is depicted in a three-quarter length pose, capturing her social standing through the specific textures of her attire and her poised demeanor. This oil on canvas work provides a detailed study of 18th-century fashion and character.
In this 1726 portrait, Johann Harper captures the presence of Sir John Rushout, Bt., a man whose life is defined by duty and political influence. The subject, Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet, gazes out from the canvas with a quiet, steady dignity. He carries the weight of a significant public life, having served as a British army officer and a Whig politician. His steady gaze suggests the composure required of…
Rev. Joseph Sewall1730 · Yale University Art Gallery
12
Nathaniel Byfield1730 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
13
Mrs. Edward Nightingale1727 · Dallas Museum of Art
14
Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (after Anthony Van Dyke)1719 · Fogg Art Museum
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Edward Nightingale1723 · Dallas Museum of Art
16
The Bermuda Group1730 · National Gallery of Ireland
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Portrait of a Man in a Dressing Gown1730 · Slovak National Gallery
18
Edward Winslow (1699-1753)1730 · Yale University Art Gallery
19
Mrs. William Dudley (Elizabeth Davenport)1729 · Museum of Fine Arts
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William Dudley1729 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Judge Samuel Sewall1729 · Museum of Fine Arts
22
Mrs. Tyng1729 · Museum of Fine Arts
23
Mrs. James MacSparran (Hannah Gardiner)1732 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Portrait of John Cotton (1693-1757) Minister of the Newton (Mass) Church; PORTRAIT OF JOHN COTTON (1693-1757), MINISTER OF THE NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS CHURCH1735 · Gilcrease Museum
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Portrait of a Woman (Judith Colman Bulfinch?)1734 · Clevelandin taidemuseo
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Portrait of Samuel Pemberton1734 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Portrait of Mary Pemberton (1717–1763)1734 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Judge Charles Chambers1743 · Museum of Fine Arts
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John Turner1737 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Judge Edmund Quincy1737 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Herkules and Omphales1738 · Nationalmuseum
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Benjamin Colman1740 · New Britain Museum of American Art
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Portrait of the Clark Children1746 · Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
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The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and His Entourage)1750 · Yale University Art Gallery
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Okänd kvinnaNationalmuseum
36
Richard Bill1733 · Art Institute of Chicago
37
Francis Brinley1729 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Mrs. Francis Brinley and Son Francis1729 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Portrait of Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, and His Family1751 · SCAD Museum of Art
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John Nelson1732 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Hannah Pemberton1734 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Sir Francis Grand and His Family1718
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Unidentified Man1720
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Sir John St. Aubyn1724
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Colonel James Otaway1724
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Daniel, Peter, and Andrew Oliver1732 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Mrs. John Ervin (Abigail Phillipsa)1733
48
Major Jean Paul Mascarene1729 · Los Angelesin maakunnallinen taidemuseo
49
The Continence of Scipio (after Nicholas Poussin)1726
50
Sir Archibald and Lady Grant1727
51
Jane Clark1732
52
Samuel Browne1734
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William Browne1734
54
James Bowdoin II1736
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Mrs. John Pitts1735 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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Lady in Blue1735 · Georgia Museum of Art
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Sir William Pepperrell1746 · Peabody Essex Museum
58
Frederick William I, King of Prussia, Elector of BrandenburgNationalmuseum
59
Parting of Hector and AndromacheMuseum of Fine Arts
60
Self-portraitNationalmuseum
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Portrait of a gentleman
62
Colonel George Douglas, Later 12th Earl of MortonScottish National Gallery
63
Thomas hill (formerly harwood)Attingham Park
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Allan ramsay
65
Portrait of mary dudley wainwright atkins
66
Portrait of elizabeth kettle
67
Lady Christian Dalrymple, Wife of Sir James Dalrymple, Bt, Daughter of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington
68
Portrait of an Unknown ManFitzwilliam Museum
Nämä neljä aihetta toistuvat näissä alkuperäisteoksissa useimmin, jokaisesta löytyy hienoin esimerkki.
Tämän sivun teoksista eniten sisältävät 8 museota.
| Museo | Kaupunki | Johann Harper teokset | Tämän listan maalaukset |
|---|---|---|---|
 Museum of Fine Arts |
Boston | 10 | Mrs. William Dudley (Elizabeth Davenport), William Dudley, Judge Samuel Sewall |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 5 | Portrait of a Man, Nathaniel Byfield, Francis Brinley |
 Nationalmuseum |
Tukholma | 4 | Herkules and Omphales, Okänd kvinna, Frederick William I, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg |
 Yale Center for British Art |
New Haven | 2 | Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School, Sir John Rushout, Bt. |
 Detroit Institute of Arts |
Detroit | 2 | Mrs. James Pitts, Mrs. John Pitts |
 Art Institute of Chicago |
Chicago | 2 | Captain John Garish, Richard Bill |
 Dallas Museum of Art |
Dallas | 2 | Mrs. Edward Nightingale, Edward Nightingale |
 Yale University Art Gallery |
New Haven | 2 | Edward Winslow (1699-1753), The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and His Entourage) |
Valitse vuosikymmen nähdäksesi sen määrittäneen alkuperäisteoksen.
This oil on canvas, titled Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (after Anthony Van Dyke), represents a significant work by the Swedish painter Johann Harper. Created about 1719, the portrait captures a moment of quiet authority through the depiction of the high-ranking religious figure. Harper, who was born in Stockholm, brought a refined sensibility to this composition, working from a composition originally established by Van Dyke.
The sitter occupies a central position within a heavy, upholstered chair, a placement that asserts his social standing and authority. A draped curtain hangs behind him, creating a sense of depth and private seclusion. The composition relies on geometric stability, where the rectangular lines of an open book and the structured frame of the chair mirror the precise contours of the man's face. This formal arrangement reflects the early eighteenth-century…
The water of the Boston harbor stretches out in a pale, steady light. Small boats dot the surface, some drifting near the shoreline while others find their place further out in the bay. Figures move upon these vessels, tiny silhouettes of life amidst the salt and tide. Along the grassy edge of the coast, a group of sheep grazes in silence. The scene holds a quiet balance between the industry…
A Member of the Livingston Family by Johann Harper is a formal 18th-century oil portrait of a man, executed about 1740. The composition is a half-length portrait presented within an oval vignette. The subject is a middle-aged man positioned slightly off-center in the frame. He maintains a calm, direct gaze toward the viewer. He wears a powdered white wig characterized by tight curls that frame his face. A white cravat…
View of Boston (1738). Seuraavina ovat Portrait of a Man (1720) ja Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School (1724).
50 vuotta vanha: View of Boston on peräisin vuodelta 1738, ja Johann Harper on syntynyt vuonna 1688.
View of Boston, Portrait of a Man, Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School, Mrs. James Pitts, George Berkeley, Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, 1658 - 1726. Judge, Captain John Garish, A Member of the Livingston Family, Mrs. Nathaniel Cunningham ja Sir John Rushout, Bt.. Yllä oleva sijoitus kertoo kunkin teoksen vuosiluvun ja museon.
Katalogissamme on 68 teosta taiteilijalta Johann Harper, aikaväliltä 1718–1746.
Pääasiassa Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) ja Nationalmuseum (Tukholma). Yllä oleva museotaulukko listaa ne kaikki.
Aikakaudella 1730s: 28 sivun 68 teoksista on tehty silloin, joista View of Boston.
Tällä sivulla vanhin on Sir Francis Grand and His Family (1718) ja uusin Portrait of the Clark Children (1746).
Man (27), Wig (17) ja Woman (14), yhteensä 68 teosta tällä sivulla.
Oil On Canvas, 37 teoksesta sivun 68 teoksesta.
Baroque, tämän sivun alkuperäisteosten perusteella.
Mrs. William Dudley (Elizabeth Davenport), William Dudley ja Judge Samuel Sewall: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -ssä on 10 tämän sivun teoksista.
John Smibert seisoo monumentaalisena hahmona Amerikan taidehistoriassa, tullen tunnetuksi ensimmäisenä akateemisesti koulutettuna taiteilijana, joka toi hienostuneet taitonsa Kolmetoista siirtokuntaan. Edinburghissa syntynyt matka Skotlannin nuoresta oppipojasta Uuden maailman arvostetuksi muotokuvamaalariksi on syvällisen taiteellisen vaelluksen kertomus. Hänen varhaiset vuotensa muovautuivat käsityötaitojen käytännönläheisyyden kautta, kun hän työskenteli rakennusmaalarin ja rappausmiehen oppipoikana ennen muuttoaan Lontooseen. Juuri Lontoon eläväisessä taiteellisessa ilmapiirissä Smibert alkoi todella hioa visiotaan; hän työskenteli vaunumaalarina ja kopioijana, ja opiskeli lopulta arvostetun Sir Godfrey Knellerin alaisuudessa Great Queen Street Academiassa. Tämä kurinalainen akateeminen perusta antoi hänelle teknisen mestaruuden, joka määritteli hänen myöhemmän uransa.
Euroopan halki tekemät matkat rikastuttivat entisestään hänen esteettistä tajuntaansa. Vuosien 1719 ja 1722 välisenä aikana Smibert matkusti Italiaan, jossa hän uppoutui vanhojen mestareiden tutkimiseen. Kopioimalla Toscanian suurherttuan kokoelmien teoksia hän omaksui valon, varjon ja klassisen sommittelun vivahteet. Tämä intensiivisen havainnoinnin ajanjakso antoi hänelle mahdollisuuden kehittää tyylin, jolle on ominaista tarkka yksityiskohtaisuus ja mestarillinen chiaroscuro eli valon ja varjon käyttö, luoden muotokuvia, joilla oli sekä fyysinen tarkkuus että syvä psykologinen resonanssi.
Smibertin elämän suunta muuttui peruuttamattomasti, kun piispa Berkeley houkutteli hänet saattamaan häntä Amerikkaan. Vaikka kunnianhimoinen suunnitelma perustaa korkeakoulu Bermudalle ei koskaan toteutunutkaan, muutto johti Smibertin asettumiseen Bostoniin, jossa hän jätti pysyvän jäljen siirtomaa-ajan maisemaan. Tässä uudessa ympäristössä hänestä tuli kasvavan amerikkalaisen taideskenen kulmakivi, luoden muotokuvataiteen perinteen, joka vaikutti sukupolviin taiteilijoita, mukaan lukien hänen poikaansa Nathaniel Smibertiä.
Smibertin työlle Bostonissa oli ominaista kyky vangita kohteidensa arvokkuus ja sosiaalinen asema. Hänen muotokuvansa, kuten Rev. Joseph Sewallin ja Richard Billin teokset, ovat enemmän kuin pelkkiä muotokuvia; ne ovat huolellisesti rakennettuja tutkimuksia luonteesta ja asemasta. Näissä teoksissa voi havaita:
Yksi hänen vaikutusvaltaisimmista saavutuksistaan on edelleen Dean George Berkeley and His Entourage, joka tunnetaan myös nimellä The Bermuda Group. Tämä maalaus toimii elintärkeänä historiallisena dokumenttina, joka vangitsee siirtomaa-ajan kunnianhimon hetken ja Atlantin maailman keskinäisen yhteyden. Siveltensä kautta Smibert ei ainoastaan maalannut kasvoja; hän vangitsi aikakauden olemuksen, yhdistäen eurooppalaisen akateemisen perinteen ja nousevan amerikkalaisen siirtomaa-ajan identiteetin.
