Cybele on Chariot Drawn by Lions

John VanderbankWW-1738-130928

1738·Pen and brown ink, on cream laid paper, laid down on card·22.2 × 18 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1738
Medium: Pen and brown ink, on cream laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 22.2 × 18 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: John Vanderbank

Artist

John Vanderbank

Painting

John Vanderbank was an English painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of George II's reign. George Vertue's opinion was that only intemperance and extravagance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation, his lifestyle bringing him into repeated financial difficulties and leading to an early death at the age of only 45.

London, UK

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