Oil paint on canvas
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Paul Sandby
Bequeathed by W.A. Sandby 1904
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Sandby, Paul
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<p>This portrait is an example of the more romantic image of the artist that emerged in the later eighteenth century. Sensibility stressed an emotional sensitivity to nature; in tune with these ideas the landscape painter Paul Sandby is shown in a relaxed attitude, sketching a view beyond the open window.</p><p>His emotional involvement with the scene he is drawing is emphasised by his gaze and the fact that he is almost leaning out of the window. A more traditional artist’s portrait would show the painter self-consciously presenting himself to the viewer.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
3 November 2003 – 19 January 2004
2004-01-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-03
Portraits of Artists
Collection based display
19 July 2004 – 27 June 2005
2005-06-27
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-07-19
Sensibility
Collection based display
14 August 2006 – 4 November 2006
2006-11-04
14 August 2006 – 4 November 2006
2006-11-04
2006-08-14
Wrexham County Borough Museum (Wrexham, UK)
2006-08-14
Paul Hernon
Loan-out
25 July 2009 – 12 March 2010
2010-03-12
25 July 2009 – 18 October 2009
2009-10-18
2009-07-25
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
7 November 2009 – 7 February 2010
2010-02-07
2009-11-07
National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
13 March 2010 – 13 June 2010
2010-06-13
2010-03-13
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
2009-07-25
Picturing Britain: Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
Loan-out
31 March 2012 – 16 September 2012
2012-09-16
31 March 2012 – 16 September 2012
2012-09-16
2012-03-31
Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Enschede, Netherlands)
2012-03-31
18th Century British Portraits
Loan-out
11 February 2013 – 2 June 2013
2013-06-02
12 February 2013 – 2 June 2013
2013-06-02
2013-02-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-02-11
Looking at the View
Collection based display
11 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
11 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
2020-02-16
2019-09-11
Musée du Luxembourg (Paris, France)
29 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-29
External
2019-09-11
Gainsborough to Turner: The Golden Age of English Painting
Loan-out
Paul Sandby
support: 1251 × 1003 mm
frame: 1553 × 1285 × 135 mm
Bequeathed by W.A. Sandby 1904
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<span class="text0">This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> is an example of the more romantic image      of the artist that emerged in the later eighteenth century. Sensibility </span><span class="text14">stressed an emotional sensitivity to nature;</span><span class="text0"> in tune with these ideas the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> painter Paul      Sandby is shown in a relaxed attitude, sketching a view beyond the open      window. </span>
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<span class="text0">His emotional involvement with the scene </span><span class="text15">he is <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> is emphasised by his gaze and</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text16">the fact that he is almost      leaning out of the</span><span class="text0"> window. A more      traditional artist’s portrait would show the painter self-consciously      presenting himself to the viewer.  </span>
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