Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mary Anne Jolliffe

Gainsborough DupontLinkedCulture matchlcp-0f00170371f2

Date: after 1788
Medium: oil on canvas
Culture: England, 18th century
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 122344

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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 still hangs today. Gainsborough Dupont was the only assistant that his famous uncle Thomas Gainsborough ever took.

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Credit line: Bequest of John L. Severance
Provenance: after 1788-1824: the sitter, Mary Anne Jolliffe, née Twyford [1756-1802], and Thomas Samuel Jolliffe [1746-1824], Ammerdown House, Somerset, by descent to William Jolliffe | William Jolliffe, Esq., Ammerdown House, Somerset, by descent to Lord Hylton | ?-1911: Lord Hylton, Ammerdown Park, Somerset, sold to A.G. Temple | Mr. A.G. Temple | by 1912: (Arthur J. Sulley, London) | 1912-?: (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, sold to John L. Severance) | ?-1936: John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1942-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH