What is David Allan's most famous painting?Show the answer
Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore (1789), Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. Next come The Uncultivated Genius (1775) and Joseph Nolleken (1770).
How old was David Allan when Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore was painted?Show the answer
45 years old: Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore dates from 1789 and David Allan was born in 1744.
What are the top 10 paintings by David Allan?Show the answer
Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore, The Uncultivated Genius, Joseph Nolleken, Peasant woman of a town in the Kingdom of Naples, James Colvin, The Family of the Island of Procida with Vesuvius in the Background, Jean Duff (1746 1805), Lady Grant, Anne Forbes (1745–1834), Artist, Sir John Halkett of Pitfirrane (1720–1793), 4th Baronet, Mary Hamilton, Lady Halkett and their Family og James Erskine (1722–1796), Lord Alva, and his Family. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
How many paintings did David Allan make?Show the answer
Our catalogue lists 58 works by David Allan, dated from 1761 to 1793.
Where are David Allan's most famous paintings?Show the answer
Most of them are in Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh), Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh) og National Trust For Scotland (Alloa). The table above lists the museums one by one.
When did David Allan paint the most famous works?Show the answer
In 1780s: 22 of the 58 works on this page date from then, among them Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore.
What are David Allan's earliest and latest famous paintings?Show the answer
The earliest on this page is The Interior of the Foulis Academy of Fine Arts (1761), the latest The Spreull Family (1793).
What did David Allan paint most often?Show the answer
18th century (10), Portraiture (5) og Portrait (4), among the 58 works on this page.
What medium did David Allan use most?Show the answer
Oil On Canvas: 6 of the 58 works on this page.
Which art movement does David Allan belong to?Show the answer
Neoclassicism, as the paintings on this page show.
Which David Allan paintings can I see at the Scottish National Gallery?Show the answer
Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore, The Uncultivated Genius og Sir John Halkett of Pitfirrane (1720–1793), 4th Baronet, Mary Hamilton, Lady Halkett and their Family are among the 17 works on this page held by the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
Can I buy a reproduction of a David Allan painting?Show the answer
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.