Juno Receiving the Cestus from Venus (1771) este cea mai celebră pictură a lui Guy Head. Echo Flying from Narcissus (1795) și John Flaxman (1792) sunt următoarele două opere pe care lumea le cunoaște cel mai bine. Dintr-un total de 7 opere ale lui Guy Head din catalogul nostru, iată cele 7 cele mai căutate de colecționari și vizitatori de muzee, incluzând anul, muzeul și povestea fiecăreia.
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Cele 4 muzee care dețin cele mai multe dintre picturile de pe această pagină.
| Muzee | Oraș | Lucrări lui Guy Head | Picturi din această listă |
|---|---|---|---|
 National Portrait Gallery |
Londra | 3 | John Flaxman, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Horatio Nelson |
 Detroit Institute of Arts |
Detroit | 1 | Echo Flying from Narcissus |
 National Maritime Museum |
Londra | 1 | Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 |
 Scottish National Gallery |
Edinburgh | 1 | Iris |
Juno Receiving the Cestus from Venus (1771). Urmează Echo Flying from Narcissus (1795) și John Flaxman (1792).
11 ani: Juno Receiving the Cestus from Venus datează din 1771, iar Guy Head s-a născut în 1760.
Catalogul nostru include 7 lucrări ale lui Guy Head, datate între 1771 și 1800.
Majoritatea acestora se află în National Portrait Gallery (Londra), Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit) și National Maritime Museum (Londra). Tabelul de mai sus enumeră muzeele pe rând.
În 1790s: 4 dintre cele 7 lucrări de pe această pagină datează de atunci, printre acestea Echo Flying from Narcissus.
Cea mai veche lucrare de pe această pagină este din Juno Receiving the Cestus from Venus (1771), iar cea mai recentă este din Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 (1800).
John Flaxman, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex și Horatio Nelson sunt printre cele 3 opere de pe această pagină păstrate de National Portrait Gallery, Londra.
Da. Orice pictură de pe această pagină poate fi comandată ca o reproducere pictată manual în ulei, de calitate muzeală, sau ca o print de artă fină, în dimensiunea aleasă de dumneavoastră, direct de pe pagina propriei picturi.
The lineage of Guy Head begins in Carlisle, where the son of a house-painter first encounters the tools of the trade. He does not remain a laborer of walls. Under the instruction of Captain John Bernard Gilpin, the boy learns the discipline of drawing. This technical foundation leads him to the Royal Academy, a move that places his developing hand in the orbit of Sir Joshua Reynolds. By 1779, the transition from student to exhibitor is complete as he presents a portrait of a gentleman to the Academy, followed by another the following year.
The scope of his output expands through the 1780s. He moves between the formal halls of the Royal Academy and the exhibitions of the Society of Artists at Spring Gardens. His subjects vary from the specific to the theatrical, including a portrait of Henderson the actor as Richard III and a landscape steeped in the story of Europa. He is a painter of both the individual and the myth.
A friend and the influence of Reynolds facilitate a departure from England. Head travels to Italy, finding a home in Rome for several years. Here, his technical skill finds a new application: the art of the copyist. He does not merely mimic; he recreates the masters. His interpretations of Correggio and Titian earn him significant commendation. In Antwerp, he tackles the massive scale of Rubens, producing large copies that eventually find their place within the Royal Academy.
His Roman period defines his versatility. He balances the precision required for portraiture with the decorative demands of classical subjects. His hands move between the likeness of a contemporary face and the idealized forms of antiquity.
The political tremors of 1798 force a return to England. Head arrives back in his homeland carrying a heavy weight of labor: a large collection of drawings, copies, and various other pieces intended for exhibition. The ambition for a major showing remains unfulfilled. On 16 December 1800, in London, the work stops abruptly. He dies suddenly, leaving his collections to be dispersed by auction in 1805.
His legacy is a fragmented one. While his reputation fades shortly after his death, his imagery persists through the hands of others. In 1814, the works Echo and Iris are engraved by J. Folo, and a horse's head is rendered by C. Turner. He remains a figure of the late eighteenth century, a painter of portraits and classical themes whose life was cut short before his full intentions could be realized.