[Self-portraits of Caterina van Hemessen, Sofonisba Anguissola, Mary Beale, and Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, text “Never apologize for selfies”]
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Retrato de Carlos III, niño (1724). Jean Ranc (French, 1674–1735). Oil on canvas. Prado Museum.
Charles III (1716–1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indes from 1759 to 1788. Eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, Princess Elisabeth of Parma, he became the Duke of Parma and Piacenza under the name of Charles I; later on in 1734 while Duke of Parma he conquered the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily and was thus created the King of Naples and Sicily.
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The Baroness Bonne-Marie-Josephine-Gabrielle Bernard de Boulainvilliers - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
1785
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Georgian Eye Jewellery; 1790-1820
“Eye miniatures came into fashion at the end of the 18th century. In France, where eye miniature seems to have originated, the eye as symbol of watchfulness was adopted by the state police for buckles and belts. In Britain it had a role as a love token, with some eye miniatures glistening with a trompe-l’oeil tear, or a diamond set to imitate a tear. Most eye miniatures are unsigned, due to the minuteness of the background, and often the name of the person whose eye is depicted is unknown.”
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Thomas Gainsborough, Lady Ligonier, 1770, Huntington Library Art Collections, San Marino
