Old World Portraits
Portrait of Leonhard Euler
Jakob Emanuel Handmann
A striking 18th-century pastel portrait of mathematician Leonhard Euler, featuring rich blue tones and a masterfully captured intelligent gaze.
Art for the Library
Heritage-rich, bookish works with depth, formality, and quiet authority.
Rich tones and heritage subjects add depth and quiet authority to a room made for reading.
Old World Portraits
Henry Hoare, The Magnificent, of Stourhead
William Hoare
An elegant 18th-century pastel portrait of Henry Hoare, known as 'The Magnificent', rendered in striking blues and golds.
Old World Portraits
Portrait of the French Consul Le Blond
Rosalba Carriera
An elegant Rococo pastel portrait capturing the dignified presence of the French Consul Le Blond.
Old World Portraits
Self-Portrait
Rosalba Carriera
A dignified and technically masterful self-portrait by the celebrated Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera.
Figure Studies
Man with an Opera Hat
Edgar Degas
A characterful pastel portrait by Edgar Degas capturing a gentleman in a classic opera hat.