Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne
1766
128.0 x 102.0 cm
约翰·辛格尔顿·科普利(1738 – 1815)
约翰·圣乔治·库珀(1738年出生)是一位开创性的英国美洲画家,以其精细的殖民时期肖像画和创新历史场景而闻名。 他运用古典主义风格捕捉人物精神与时代气息,创作了《理查德·埃尔斯沃斯海军提督肖像画》等经典作品。 这幅黑白艺术品展现了英国海军将领的庄严与威严,运用古典主义风格捕捉人物精神与时代气息。
Mercy Gorham (1695–1782) was born and raised on Cape Cod, in the colony of Massachusetts. In 1718 she married Sylvanus Bourne, a prosperous merchant, and two years later they settled in the port town of Barnstable. The couple had eleven children. Copley painted Mrs. Bourne three years after her husband’s death, when she was seventy-one years old. She holds a book in her lap and gazes toward the viewer with intelligence and good humor.