Artist: n/a Title: Europe and North America In the Eighteenth Century Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Joseph Wright Title: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6 X 8' (1.82 X 2.43 m) Date: 1768 Source/ Museum: The National Gallery, London
Artist: Piero Antonio Martini Title: The Salon of 1787 Medium: Engraving Size: n/a Date: 1787 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Johann Zoffany Title: Academicians of the Royal Academy Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 59½" (120.6 X 151.2 cm) Date: 1771–72 Source/ Museum: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
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Louis XV Commode
Artist: n/a Title: Europe and North America In the Eighteenth Century Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Germain Boffrand Title: Salon de la Princesse, Hôtel de Soubise Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Begun 1732 Source/ Museum: Paris, France / Library, Getty Research, Institute, Los Angeles. Wim Swaan Photograph Collection (96, p.21)
Artist: Johann Balthasar Neumann Title: Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall), Residenz, Würzburg Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1719–44 Source/ Museum: Bavaria, Germany. Fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1751–52
Artist: Johann Balthasar Neumann Title: Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall), Residenz, Würzburg Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1719–44 Source/ Museum: Bavaria, Germany. Fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1751–52
Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Title: The Marriage of the Emperor Frederick and Beatrice of Burgun Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1751–52 Source/ Museum: Fresco in the Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall), Residenz, Würzburg, Germany
Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Title: The Allegory of the Planets and Continents at New Residenz. Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1751–52 Source/ Museum: Fresco in the Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall), Residenz, Würzburg, Germany
Artist: Johann Balthasar Neumann Title: Interior, Church of The Vierzehnheiligen Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1743–72 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau Title: Pilgrimage to The Island of Cythera Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'3" X 6'4½" (1.3 X 1.9 m) Date: 1717 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau Title: Pilgrimage to The Island of Cythera Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'3" X 6'4½" (1.3 X 1.9 m) Date: 1717 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau Title: The Signboard of Gersaint Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'4" X 10'1" (1.62 X 3.06 m) Date: c. 1721 Source/ Museum: Stiftung Preussische Schlössen und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Schloss Charlottenburg
Artist: François Boucher Title: Triumph of Venus Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'3 ⅛ " X 5'3¾" (1.3 X 1.62 m) Date: 1740 Source/ Museum: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Artist: François Boucher Title: Marie-Louise O’Murphy Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'3 ⅛ " X 5'3¾" (1.3 X 1.62 m) Date: 1740 Source/ Museum: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Artist: François Boucher Title: Diana Leaving the Bath Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'3 ⅛ " X 5'3¾" (1.3 X 1.62 m) Date: 1740 Source/ Museum: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Title: The Meeting Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'5¼" X 7' ⅝ " (3.18 X 2.15 m) Date: 1771–73 Source/ Museum: The Frick Collection, New York
Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Title: The Swing Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'5¼" X 7' ⅝ " (3.18 X 2.15 m) Date: 1771–73 Source/ Museum: The Frick Collection, New York
Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Title: Young Girl Reading Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'5¼" X 7' ⅝ " (3.18 X 2.15 m) Date: 1771–73 Source/ Museum: The Frick Collection, New York
Artist: Clodion Title: The Invention of the Balloon Medium: Terra-cotta model for a monument Size: height 43 ½" (110.5 cm) Date: 1784 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund and Frederick R. Harris Gift, 1944 (44.21a b)
Artist: Clodion Title: The Invention of the Balloon Medium: Terra-cotta model for a monument Size: height 43 ½" (110.5 cm) Date: 1784 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund and Frederick R. Harris Gift, 1944 (44.21a b)
Artist: Rosalba Carriera Title: Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset Medium: Pastel on paper Size: 25 X 19" (63.5 X 48.3 cm) Date: c. 1730 Source/ Museum: Private collection
Artist: Rosalba Carriera Louis XV
Artist: Rosalba Carriera Louis XV
Francis Basset
Artist: Canaletto Title: Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Monument to Bartolommeo Colleoni Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 18 ⅜ X 30 ⅞ " (46 X 78.4 cm) Date: c. 1735–38 Source/ Museum: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Artist: Canaletto Title: The Stonemason’s Yard Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 18 ⅜ X 30 ⅞ " (46 X 78.4 cm) Date: c. 1735–38 Source/ Museum: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title: The Lion Bas-Relief Medium: Etching and engraving Size: 21 ⅛ X 16 1⁄5" (56.2 X 41.1 cm) Date: 1761 Source/ Museum: Plate V from the series Carceri d’invenzione (Imaginary Prisons). The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts purchase 1969.32.7.5
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title: The Lion Bas-Relief Medium: Etching and engraving Size: 21 ⅛ X 16 1⁄5" (56.2 X 41.1 cm) Date: 1761 Source/ Museum: Plate V from the series Carceri d’invenzione (Imaginary Prisons). The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts purchase 1969.32.7.5
Alessandro Albani
Alessandro Albani
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs Title: Parnassus Medium: Ceiling fresco Size: n/a Date: 1761 Source/ Museum: Villa Albani, Rome
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs Title: Parnassus Medium: Ceiling fresco Size: n/a Date: 1761 Source/ Museum: Villa Albani, Rome
Artist: Antonio Canova Title: Cupid and Psyche Medium: Marble Size: 6'1" X 6'8" (1.55 X 1.73 m) Date: 1787–93 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Antonio Canova Title: Cupid and Psyche Medium: Marble Size: 6'1" X 6'8" (1.55 X 1.73 m) Date: 1787–93 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Henry Flitcroft and Henry Hoare Title: The Park at Stourhead Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Laid out 1743; executed 1744–65, with continuing additions Source/ Museum: Wiltshire, England
Artist: Horace Walpole and others Title: Strawberry Hill Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1749–76 Source/ Museum: Twickenham, England
Artist: Horace Walpole, John Chute, and Richard Bentley Title: Library, Strawberry Hill Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: After 1754 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Robert Adam Title: Anteroom, Syon House Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1760–69 Source/ Museum: Middlesex, England
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood Title: Vase: The Apotheosis of Homer Medium: White jasper body with a mid-blue dip and white relief Size: height 18" (45.7 cm) Date: 1786 Source/ Museum: Made at the Wedgwood Etruria factory, Staffordshire, England. Relief of The Apotheosis of Homer adapted from plaque by John Flaxman, Jr., 1778. Trustees of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, Staffordshire, England
Artist: William Hackwood for Josiah Wedgwood Title: “Am I not a Man and a Brother?” Medium: Black and white jasperware Size: 1 ⅜ X 1 ⅜ " (3.5 X 3.5 cm) Date: 1787 Source/ Museum: Trustees of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, Staffordshire, England
Artist: William Hackwood for Josiah Wedgwood Title: “Am I not a Man and a Brother?” Medium: Black and white jasperware Size: 1 ⅜ X 1 ⅜ " (3.5 X 3.5 cm) Date: 1787 Source/ Museum: Trustees of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, Staffordshire, England
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27½ X 35¾" (69.9 X 90.8 cm) Date: 1743–45 Source/ Museum: From Marriage à la Mode / The National Gallery London Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27½ X 35¾" (69.9 X 90.8 cm) Date: 1743–45 Source/ Museum: From Marriage à la Mode / The National Gallery London Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27½ X 35¾" (69.9 X 90.8 cm) Date: 1743–45 Source/ Museum: From Marriage à la Mode / The National Gallery London Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27½ X 35¾" (69.9 X 90.8 cm) Date: 1743–45 Source/ Museum: From Marriage à la Mode / The National Gallery London Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27½ X 35¾" (69.9 X 90.8 cm) Date: 1743–45 Source/ Museum: From Marriage à la Mode / The National Gallery London Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27½ X 35¾" (69.9 X 90.8 cm) Date: 1743–45 Source/ Museum: From Marriage à la Mode / The National Gallery London Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Roast Beef of England
Artist: William Hogarth Title: The Marriage Contract Roast Beef of England
Artist: Joshua Reynolds Title: Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7'10" X 5' (2.42 X 1.53 m) Date: 1765 Source/ Museum: The Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection, 1922.4468
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough Title: Portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7'2 ⅝ " X 5' ⅝ " (2.2 X 1.54 m) Date: 1785–87 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Andrew W. Mellon Collection (1937.1.92)
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough Title: Portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7'2 ⅝ " X 5' ⅝ " (2.2 X 1.54 m) Date: 1785–87 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Andrew W. Mellon Collection (1937.1.92)
Artist: Joshua Reynolds Title: Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7'10" X 5' (2.42 X 1.53 m) Date: 1765 Source/ Museum: The Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection, 1922.4468
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough Title: Portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7'2 ⅝ " X 5' ⅝ " (2.2 X 1.54 m) Date: 1785–87 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Andrew W. Mellon Collection (1937.1.92)
Artist: Benjamin West Title: The Death of General Wolfe Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'11½" X 7' (1.51 X 2.14 m) Date: 1770 Source/ Museum: The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 1918)
Artist: Benjamin West Title: The Death of General Wolfe Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'11½" X 7' (1.51 X 2.14 m) Date: 1770 Source/ Museum: The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 1918)
Artist: Benjamin West Title: The Death of General Wolfe Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4'11½" X 7' (1.51 X 2.14 m) Date: 1770 Source/ Museum: The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 1918)
Artist: Abraham Darby III Title: Severn River Bridge Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1779 Source/ Museum: Coalbrookdale, England
Artist: John Henry Fuseli Title: The Nightmare Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39¾ X 49½" (101 X 127 cm) Date: 1781 Source/ Museum: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smokler and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischmann
Artist: John Henry Fuseli Title: The Nightmare Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39¾ X 49½" (101 X 127 cm) Date: 1781 Source/ Museum: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smokler and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischmann
Artist: William Blake Title: Elohim Creating Adam Medium: Color print finished in pen and watercolor Size: 17 X 21 ⅛ " (43.1 X 53.6 cm) Date: 1795 Source/ Museum: Tate Gallery, London
Artist: William Blake Title: Elohim Creating Adam Medium: Color print finished in pen and watercolor Size: 17 X 21 ⅛ " (43.1 X 53.6 cm) Date: 1795 Source/ Museum: Tate Gallery, London
Artist: William Blake Title: Elohim Creating Adam Medium: Color print finished in pen and watercolor Size: 17 X 21 ⅛ " (43.1 X 53.6 cm) Date: 1795 Source/ Museum: Tate Gallery, London
Artist: William Blake Title: Elohim Creating Adam Medium: Color print finished in pen and watercolor Size: 17 X 21 ⅛ " (43.1 X 53.6 cm) Date: 1795 Source/ Museum: Tate Gallery, London
Artist: Jean-Siméon Chardin Title: The Governess Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 18 ⅛ X 14¾" (46 X 37.5 cm) Date: 1739 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchase, 1956
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze Title: The Drunken Cobbler Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅝ X 36 ⅜ " (75.2 X 92.4 cm) Date: 1780–85 Source/ Museum: Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. Gift of Marion Bowles Hollis
Artist: Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun Title: Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 9'½" X 7' ⅝ " (2.75 X 2.15 m) Date: 1787 Source/ Museum: Musée National du Château de Versailles
Artist: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Title: Self-Portrait with Two Pupils Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6'11" X 4'11½" (2.11 X 1.51 m) Date: 1785 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953 (53.225.5)
Artist: Jacques-Louis David Title: Oath of the Horatii Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'8¼" X 14' (3.26 X 4.27 m) Date: 1784–85 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Jacques-Louis David Title: Death of Marat Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'5" X 4'2½" (1.65 X 1.28 m) Date: 1793 Source/ Museum: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Artist: Jacques-Louis David Title: Death of Marat Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'5" X 4'2½" (1.65 X 1.28 m) Date: 1793 Source/ Museum: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson Title: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'2½" X 3'8½" (1.59 X 1.13 m) Date: 1797 Source/ Museum: Musée National du Château de Versailles
Artist: Jean-Antoine Houdon Title: George Washington Medium: Marble Size: height 6'2" (1.9 m) Date: 1788–92 Source/ Museum: State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
Artist: n/a Title: Atrial Cross Medium: Stone Size: height 11' 3" (3.45 m) Date: Before 1556 Source/ Museum: Chapel of the Indians, Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
Artist: Sebastian Salcedo Title: Our Lady of Guadalupe Medium: Oil on panel and copper Size: 25 X 19" (63.5 X 48.3 cm) Date: 1779 Source/ Museum: Denver Art Museum
Artist: n/a Title: Mission San Xavier del Bac Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1784–97 Source/ Museum: Near Tucson, Arizona
Artist: Thomas Jefferson Title: Monticello Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1769–82, 1796–1809 Source/ Museum: Charlottesville, Virginia
Artist: John Singleton Copley Title: Watson and the Shark Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'10¾" X 7'6½" (1.82 X 2.29 m) Date: 1778 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.