Jonathan Richardson
British, 1667-1745
Portrait of Isaac Richardson
INV-1497
Jonathan Richardson
British, 1667-17451735
Portrait of Isaac Richardson
Jonathan Richardson British, 1667-1745 →graphitedrawings (visual works)
Date
1735
Medium
Graphite on vellum
Dimensions
13.5 × 10.1 cm (5 3/8 × 4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Mary S. Adams and Sara R. Shorey Endowments
Jonathan Richardson was a portrait painter, author, and collector, who often copied Old Master drawings in his collection. His second son, Isaac, died at sea in 1721 at the age of 17. Based on a painting of 1712, this compelling image was part of a group of portraits on vellum that Richardson drew in the 1730s as a record of those closest to him.
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