Portrait of an English Gentleman: 18th Century Art

(Active in the first half of the 18th century) Portrait of a Nobleman. This representatively painted, life-size half-length portrait depicts a middle-aged gentleman in profile, wearing a white powdered wig. He is dressed in a reddish-brown justaucorps, under which is a white shirt with elegant lace cuffs. In a casual, self-assured, cosmopolitan pose, he holds his left hand over a globe, while his right hand rests on his hip. Among the English artists who may be considered the author of this high-quality portrait, one should mention Michael Dahl (1659–1743), Jonathan Richardson (1665–1745), Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), Joseph Highmore (1692–1780), and Thomas Frye (circa 1710–1762) or their circle. Oil on canvas. Relined; 128 cm x 103.5 cm. In a frame. English portraitist, active in the first half of the 18th century; oil on canvas, relined.