Portrait of the Artist with His Wife and Daughter
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727 - 1788)
Original Dimensions: 36 1/4" x 27 3/4"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (About 1748) "This is the earliest known self portrait in oil by Gainsborough, and the only known one of him with his family. He sits with his wife, Margaret, and the little rosy-cheeked girl is probably Mary, their short-lived first daughter. It is likely Gainsborough began it before Mary’s burial on 1 March 1748, when he was not yet 21, and his wife Margaret was a year or so younger. Gainsborough portrays himself in a relaxed cross-legged pose, with one button of his waistcoat undone to suggest his elegant lack of concern with his appearance. He holds a piece of paper which may once have represented a drawing. The paint here and on the child has become transparent with age. Living in London at the time, Gainsborough had some evident difficulties with the landscape as well as with the proportions of the rather stiff-limbed figures. Quite a few changes were made during painting, particularly to Margaret’s pose and dress, and her left hand remains unfinished." - (National Gallery of Art, London)
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