Queen Charlotte
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (60.3 x 44.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Accession Number
49.7.55
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 18th-century British portrait with Thomas Gainsborough's *Queen Charlotte*, a captivating oil on canvas now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department. This intimate work, measuring 23 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches, captures the poised elegance of Queen Charlotte, consort to King George III, whose reign defined an era of Enlightenment ideals and royal grandeur. Donated through The Jules Bache Collection in 1949, it exemplifies the museum's commitment to preserving masterpieces of the Georgian period. Gainsborough, a leading figure in English ...
About the Artist
Thomas Gainsborough · 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough was born on 14 May 1727 in Sudbury, Suffolk, the youngest of nine children to wool dealer John Gainsborough and his wife Mary. Demonstrating prodigious talent from childhood, he sketched landscapes in the local woods and fields, fostering his lifelong passion for the genre. At age thirteen, he moved to London, where he trained under the French engraver and illustrator Hubert-Fr...