Children Playing near Statue in Garden

John VanderbankWW-1704-131003

1704·Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper·28.2 × 22.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1704
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper
Dimensions: 28.2 × 22.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: John Vanderbank

Artist

John Vanderbank

Painting

John Vanderbank was an English painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of George II's reign. George Vertue's opinion was that only intemperance and extravagance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation, his lifestyle bringing him into repeated financial difficulties and leading to an early death at the age of only 45.

London, UK

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