In October 2006, the National Portrait Gallery in London acquired a late sixteenth-century, three-quarters length panel portrait of a woman, NPG 6804, and concluded that this work was a copy taken from an original likeness of the elusive Lady Jane Grey (c.1537–1554), portraying her in ...
View of the Three-Fountain Grove The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Virgin and Child The Fall of the Rebel Angels Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels (synopia) Siege of La Rochelle Portrait of Agniete van den Rijne Scenes from the Life of St John the Evangelist: 2. Raising...
executed in silver and grey - is not only elegant and vital, but is also an interesting and convincing portrait. Catherine the Great was so impressed by it that she decided to sit in person for Rokotov, though she had never honoured any previous artist in this way. Her portrait, dated to...
of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems. His fondness of painting full-figured women gave rise to ...