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Allan Ramsay Prints and Multiples

Scottish, 1713-1784

Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh on October 13, 1713. His father, also named Allan Ramsay, was a poet and playwright, best known as the author of The Gentle Shepherd published in 1725. Like many of the most prestigious portraitists of his age, the young Ramsay studied at the St. Martin’s Lane Academy in London, as well as trained in the studio of Swedish painter Hans Hysing. In 1736, Ramsay travelled to Italy for the first time, working at the French Academy in Rome under the instruction of Francesco Imperiali before moving to Naples, where he worked in the studio of Francesco Solimena. Invigorated by his experience under the Italian-baroque masters on the continent, Ramsay returned to Britain in 1738 and set up his own portrait practice in Covent Garden. His work swiftly gained in popularity and he soon attained an impressive list of clients, including the Duke of Bridgewater, Sir Robert Walpole, the Lord Chancellor Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke and Dr. Richard Mead. As well as expanding his list of clients in London, Ramsay also retained his contacts in his native Edinburgh, where he continued to maintain a studio. His work proved particularly popular amongst the Scottish nobility and he received a number of important commissions from figures such as the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Buccleuch. Ramsay visited Italy for a second time from 1754–57, and it was on his return to London in 1757 that he received his first commission from Lord Bute, tutor to the Prince of Wales, to paint the heir to the throne. In 1761, Ramsay was chosen to paint the Prince, now George III and his wife Queen Charlotte in full state coronation robes. The works were a great success and Ramsay was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King in March 1767 and subsequently spent much of his time producing copies of his coronation portraits and other works for the royal family. Ramsay’s career in painting was halted by an injury to his arm, which he sustained from a fall from a ladder in 1773. A close friend of Dr. Johnson and David Hume correspondent of the likes of Voltaire and Rousseau, Ramsay spent his later years following his intellectual and literary pursuits until his death on August 10, 1784, in Dover.

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Artist: Allan Ramsay
Nude Female Figure after Salvator Rosa - Etching by Allan Ramsay - 18th Century

Nude Female Figure after Salvator Rosa - Etching by Allan Ramsay - 18th Century

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Nude female figure is a print realized by Scottish artist Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) after Salvator Rosa, in the late 18th century. Etching on paper. Good conditions, with foxing on ...

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Late 18th Century Modern Allan Ramsay Prints and Multiples

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