Francisco Goya (Spanish: 1746-1828). See 1471.
"Perhaps as good an example as could be found of the brilliancy and execution and vivid portrayal of character which characterise this artist at his best" (Official Catalogue).
1952. MR. AND MRS. EDWIN EDWARDS.
Henri Fantin-Latour (French: 1836-1904). See 1686.
A fine example of this artist's portraiture, representing old friends of the French painter, with whom he stayed when in this country. Mr. Edwards, landscape painter in water-colours and etcher (1823-1879), is examining a print with an expert's eye. His wife, perhaps less happily posed (because seemingly disconnected with the other figure), looks out at the spectator with her arms folded. Mrs. Edwards who presented this picture to the nation in 1904 died in 1907. "Nearly every one of Fantin-Latour's pictures in this country passed through her hands, and have her private marks, by which she was able to identify them after a lapse of many years."
1953. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD.
Lazzaro Bastiani (Venetian: about 1425-1512). See 750.
In the background is the festoon of fruit, familiar to us in Crivelli's pictures.