Gainsborough Dupont, Portrait of Mary Anne Jolliffe
Severance, 1942.640 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Gainsborough Dupont

Portrait of Mary Anne Jolliffe

after 1788

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 × 63.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109541

The only assistant his famous uncle ever had, Gainsborough Dupont apprenticed with Thomas Gainsborough before setting up his own studio. It is often difficult to distinguish the late works of both artists. This painting is among Dupont’s best portraits. He captures the beauty of his sitter with soft, flickering brushstrokes, detailing her frilly collar and impressive hairstyle, curled and powdered according to the current style. This portrait originally hung alongside that of her husband Thomas in the drawing room of the couple’s home, Ammerdown House in Somerset, where Thomas’s portrait stil…

Provenance

Severance, 1942.640

Registry history

  • after 1788 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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