Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘Lost’ Portrait of Auguste Vestris
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Postle, Martin
Date published
2005
Abstract
The subject of this paper is a portrait of the celebrated eighteenth-century dancer, Auguste Vestris, acquired by Tate in 1955, when it was attributed to Gainsborough Dupont, nephew of Thomas Gainsborough. The paper argues that the portrait is in fact by Gainsborough himself and, through a discussion of the context in which it was made, sheds new light on Gainsborough's close relations with the world of the London stage.
Journal title
Tate Papers
Issue
4
Publisher
Tate
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
1753-9854
Rights statement
In Copyright
Collection