JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (SWISS, 1767-1849)
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The Toy Boat—A group of children playing by a river
Oil on canvas
Provenance: Frost & Reed Gallery, Bristol and London (label on reverse). Stock no. W38
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Jacques-Laurent Agasse (Swiss, 1767-1849) was a painter of landscapes landscapes, animal subjects and genre scenes. In the 1780s he studied in Paris. He was brought to England by his new patron, George Pitt (1751-1828) after 2nd Baron Rivers. He painted a number of equestrian portraits for Lord Rivers. His works soon found great success, noted for their anatomical accuracy. He was widely recognised as being the foremost animal painter of his day. Commissions followed from other members of the aristocracy.
Agasse exhibited twenty-nine works at the Royal Academy, and seven at The British Institution.
Collections of his works can be seen in his native land, at The Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur, and the Musee d'art et d'Histoire, Geneva. Further oil paintings are held by The Royal Collection; The Tate Gallery, London; and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Dimensions:33 x 42 inches (84 x 107 cm.)
Oil on canvas
Provenance: Frost & Reed Gallery, Bristol and London (label on reverse). Stock no. W38
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Jacques-Laurent Agasse (Swiss, 1767-1849) was a painter of landscapes landscapes, animal subjects and genre scenes. In the 1780s he studied in Paris. He was brought to England by his new patron, George Pitt (1751-1828) after 2nd Baron Rivers. He painted a number of equestrian portraits for Lord Rivers. His works soon found great success, noted for their anatomical accuracy. He was widely recognised as being the foremost animal painter of his day. Commissions followed from other members of the aristocracy.
Agasse exhibited twenty-nine works at the Royal Academy, and seven at The British Institution.
Collections of his works can be seen in his native land, at The Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur, and the Musee d'art et d'Histoire, Geneva. Further oil paintings are held by The Royal Collection; The Tate Gallery, London; and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Dimensions:33 x 42 inches (84 x 107 cm.)
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