The Shepherd Girl was painted around 1778 by Sir George
Romney. Who was he? I had to look him up. He was an English artist born in the Lake
District. He became a very fashionable
portrait painter.
This is a
portrait not of a shepherdess but of the daughter of a wealthy family posed to
look like a rural scene.
I love her
clothes – especially the hat. And her
face is a model of innocence although there was probably a bit of mischief in
there somewhere.
The
original is in Philadelphia.
Hmm... I wonder if he was an ancestor of the political Romneys?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Dorothy...I think it may be related to Mitt Romney (?)
ReplyDeleteI like the painting. She does look like a shepherdess.