Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of John Langston, Esquire, of Sarsden
Thomas GainsboroughLinkedCulture matchlcp-000290d38ddf
- Date
- 1787
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 1540
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
John Langston, Esquire, was a country gentleman in England of great standing. His dark suit with ruffled blouse and powdered wig are of-the-moment fashion. Langston is standing before an open window depicting a bucolic countryside, perhaps meant to represent his own land holdings in Sarsden. Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most talented and sought-after British portraitists of the 18th century. While he maintained that landscape painting was his first love, his numerous portraits of English nobility brought him great financial rewards. Europe
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- Credit line
- The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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