Families In Gardens & Parks by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

 Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Mr and Mrs Carter, c.1747–8

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park - Self Portrait with his wife Margaret 1746

 Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)  Mr. and Mrs. Andrews 1749

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Lady Lloyd & her son Richard 1746

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Sarah Kirby and John Joshua Kirby c1751-1752

 Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Unknown Couple

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) The John Gravenor Family 1754

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)  Self-portrait with his wife and daughter, 1748

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Heneage Lloyd & his sister Lucy

1700s Times of Day - Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721-1775)

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) Times of Day - Morning 

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) Times of Day - Noon

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) Times of Day - Evening

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) Times of Day - Night 

The Five Senses - 1753 John Bowles (British Printer, 1701-1779)

 1753 John Bowles (British Printer, 1701-1779) The Five Senses - Hear

 1753 John Bowles (British Printer, 1701-1779) The Five Senses - Sight

 1753 John Bowles (British Printer, 1701-1779) The Five Senses - Smell

 1753 John Bowles (British Printer, 1701-1779) The Five Senses - Taste

1753 John Bowles (British Printer, 1701-1779) The Five Senses - Touch

The Five Senses - 1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660-1742)

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Hear

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Sight

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Smell

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Taste

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Touch

Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c 1721 - 1775)

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) The Elements - Air

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) The Elements - Earth

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) The Elements - Fire

Richard Houston (Irish printmaker, c.1721 - 1775) The Elements - Water

Earth, Water, Air, & Fire - The Elements - Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752)

 Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Air

  Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Earth

  Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Fire

 Jacopo Amigoni (Italian artist, c 1682-1752) The Elements - Water

1700s Music Parties Indoors

 1720 Marcellus Laroon II (British artist, A 1679-1772) Musical Assembly

 1734 John Theodore Heins Senior (German artist, 1697–1756) A Music Party at Melton Constable

 Attributed to Hendrick Goovaerts (1669–1720) A Party with Music & Actors

 Gawen Hamilton (British artist, 1697–1737) A Music Party The Mathias Family 1730s

 Jean-Antoine Watteau (French artist, 1684–1721) A Music Party (L'amour au théâtre italien)

 Music Party after William Hogarth 1720-1730

 The Leslie Conversation Piece (A Musical Rivalry) 1760-65 by an unknown Irish artist

Vincenzo Vita (Italian artist, d 1782) A Musical Party 1770-80

18C Reading Indoors or How to flirt with a book

At first, of course, there is the innocent, virtuous young girl...

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian artist, 1707-1762) The Virtuous Girl

Italian painter Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762), was a highly successful, itinerant artist who traveled painting portraits of wealthy patrons across Europe. As a young man he studied under Antonio Balestra in Rome & Francesco Trevisani in Naples. Thereafter he returned to Verona where he set up a studio for a while, before he began to travel.  His work attracted royal & aristocratic patrons in Dresden, Vienna, Munich, & Saint Petersburg.  In order to earn a living between commissioned portraits, he created many genre portraits, often images of pretty young girls casting coquettish glances. He died in St Petersburg, where he had traveled to paint for the Russian court.

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian artist, 1707-1762) Young Woman with a Book 1762

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian artist, 1707-1762) Girl with a Book

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian artist, 1707-1762) Young Lady with a Book

Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian artist, 1707-1762) Self Portrait

1700s Bringing the Harvest to the Table with Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776)

Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776) Lady at a Table Laden with Food

One of my favorite 18th-century Flemish painters is Peter Jakob Horemans (1700-1776), who was active as court painter in Munich. Horemans’s lovingly detailed images, part portrait & part still life, capture the richness of everyday life in southern Germany.

Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776) Gentleman at a Table Laden with Food

Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776) The Soup Eater

Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776) Gentleman with Wine

Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776) Kitchen Still Life "The Feeling" 1760

Peter Jakob Horemans (Flemish-Dutch painter, 1700-1776) The Sleeping Kitchen Maid