Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of Dr. Thomas Penrose
Louis Gauffier
- Date
- 1798
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Louis Gauffier moved to Rome after the outbreak of the French Revolution but fled in 1793 to escape reprisals against the French following the execution of Louis XVI. He settled in Florence, where he specialized in grand tour portraits. His painting of Thomas Penrose (1769–1851), secretary to the English envoy to the duke of Tuscany, is among his most celebrated. Gauffier portrayed the young Brit as a sophisticated dilettante, with a sketchbook in hand, taking in the landmarks of Florence—the Duomo, Orsanmichele, and Palazzo Vecchio—from a shady corner of the Boboli Gardens. When Napoleon’s troops invaded Florence in 1800, Penrose was forced to return to England. He became a vicar but kept this exquisite memento of his Italian years his whole life. France, Europe
The authoritative record is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Minneapolis Institute of Art and other institutions.
Portrait of Lord Grantham
Getty Museum
Louis Philippe and His Sons, the Duke of Chartres and the Duke of Nemours
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, later King of the French
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Jean-Louis Robin
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici, called Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of a Young Man
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of André-Antoine Bernard, called Bernard de Saintes
Getty Museum
Polycrates' Crucifixion
Art Institute of Chicago
Self-Portrait
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of the Sculptor Jules Lafrance
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Villa in the Campagna
Art Institute of Chicago
The Evening Walk--Environs of Florence
Minneapolis Institute of Art