{"id":508,"date":"2021-04-08T08:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T00:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=508"},"modified":"2021-04-07T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T05:09:23","slug":"previously-unknown-portrait-by-thomas-gainsborough-comes-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/previously-unknown-portrait-by-thomas-gainsborough-comes-to-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Previously Unknown Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough Comes to Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A previously unknown portrait by\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_thomas-gainsborough\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"thomas-gainsborough\">Thomas Gainsborough<\/a>\u00a0surfaced in France last year, and because its sitter is likely a little-known composed from the 18th century, music scholars are abuzz. The painting, depicting a man holding a manuscript of music, first appeared in France last December, and sold at Paris auction for around \u00a32,500 (about $<span class=\"DFlfde SwHCTb\" data-precision=\"2\" data-value=\"3475.825\">3,475),\u00a0<\/span>per a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report<\/a>\u00a0in the<em>\u00a0Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Gainsborough, a painter, printer, and draughtsman, was among the most important English artists of his time, making the discovery of any unknown work relatively rare. The portrait, titled\u00a0<em>British School<\/em>, may have been sold for well below its worth. Comparable paintings by Gainsborough have fetched more than $1 million at auction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\">Hugh Belsey<\/a>, former director of Gainsborough\u2019s House, the museum in the artist\u2019s birthplace of Suffolk, told the<em>\u00a0Guardian\u00a0<\/em>that layers of dirt, discolored varnished, and shoddy overpaint had obscured Gainsborough signature style. The work has since undergone a preservation, illuminating the artist\u2019s brilliant use of color.<\/p>\n<p>Belsey believes the subject is Czech composer and violinist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\">Anton\u00edn Kammel<\/a>, who worked in Britain from 1765 until his death in 1784. He was well-known in his day, though his influence has largely faded from memory. Kammel was a peer of Johann Christian Bach, the son of Johann Sebastian Bach, and a leading composer in London. Gainsborough\u2019s son-in-law, the oboist and composer Johann Fischer, regularly performed with Kammel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGainsborough had a great deal of interest in musicians and likened a picture to a piece of music, once writing: \u2018One part of a Picture ought to be like the first part of a Tune; that you can guess what follows, and that makes the second part of the Tune, and so I\u2019ve done,&#8217;\u201d Belsey said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A previously unknown portrait by\u00a0Thomas Gainsborough\u00a0surfaced in France last year, and because its sitter is likely a little-known composed from the 18th century, music scholars are abuzz. The painting, depicting a man holding a manuscript of music, first appeared in France last December, and sold at Paris auction for around \u00a32,500 (about $3,475),\u00a0per a\u00a0report\u00a0in the\u00a0Guardian. 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