Mrs. George Baldwin (Jane Maltass, 1763–1839)
1782 or later
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 1/8 x 29 1/8 in. (91.8 x 74 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William T. Blodgett and his sister Eleanor Blodgett, in memory of their father, William T. Blodgett, one of the founders of the Museum, 1906
Accession Number
06.1241
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About the Artist
Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) was a British painter who became the dominant figure in eighteenth-century British art and the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. Born in Plympton, Devon, he studied under the portrait painter Thomas Hudson in London, and a transformative visit to Italy (1749–52) — where he studied the Old Masters, particularly the Venetian colorists and Michelangelo — sh...