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Thrifting can be lots of fun, and it's a great way to score some great finds, including valuable antique picture frames to ...
A detail of the 18th-century group portrait, featuring an unknown Black child with Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University was named. ... who stares out at the viewer from a gold frame.
The story goes that Christopher Brown had kept a valuable 18th-century English portrait in his garage before donating it to the Ringling Museum of Art earlier this year. That is not quite right.
Director Amma Asante found the story behind her new movie, Belle, in a painting: artist Johann Zoffany's 18th century portrait of two beautiful, young English ladies, draped in silks and pearls.
A portrait by one of the 18th century's best artists is expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction. The artwork was created in 1766 by Sir Joshua Reynolds and is of a woman called Letitia Sparrow.
Study reveals secret of 18th-century portrait. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Journal Heritage Science DOI 10.1186/s40494-020-0351-1 ...