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Thomas Gainsborough

born: Sudbury, England; 14 May 1727
died: London, England; 2 August 1788

It is believed that Gainsborough painted Blue Boy as a tribute to Van Dyck. The blue costume is characteristic of clothes worn about 175 years before the picture was painted; one might suppose that Jonathan hated getting dressed up and posing for this picture. He strikes me as a spoiled-rotten rich kid.

[ It amuses me that Thomas Hoving in his wonderful book Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization (museum bookstore), says of the same painting that he looks like a nice kid and hopes he had the best of life. The comments either say more about Hoving, or more about me, than they do about the painting.

-- Buz ]

Other work:

• Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, about 1748, National Gallery, London.
• Miss Haverfield, about 1780, Wallace Collection, London.
• Mrs. Siddons, National Gallery, London.

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