Princess Charlotte of Wales
Princess Charlotte of Wales c1801 by British Painter Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 – 1830); a child prodigy who at the age of ten was supporting his family with his artwork and was consider a leading portrait painter of his time.
This is an adorable portrait of Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796 – 1817) as a young girl of 5 anys d'edat; the only child of George Augustus Frederick (1762 – 1830), Prince of Wales and later to become King George IV, and his wife Caroline of Brunswick (1768 – 1821).
En aquest retrat Charlotte is wearing a white dress with a reddish-brown sash around her waist and she has her right arm and hand extended above her head with what appears to be a gold finch or yellow canary perched on her hand.
Retoc fotogràfic de la princesa Charlotte de Gal·les per Sir Thomas Lawrence
Es tracta d'una reproducció retocada d'art digital antic d'una imatge de domini públic que es pot comprar en línia com a impressió de tela enrotllada.
A sota d'informació Cortesia Wikipedia.org
Thomas was one of 16 children born to Thomas Lawrence and Lucy Read on April 13, 1769 and was one of the five children that survived infancy.
At an early age Thomas showed is artistic talents and was consider to be a child prodigy; who at the age of 10 years was supporting his family with the pastel portraits he created.
Not only was he a self taught portraitist, però també dibuixant; i més tard s'aconseguiria ballar, esgrima, boxa i billar.
Quan Thomas es va girar 18 anys d'edat va anar a Londres i ràpidament es va establir una reputació com a retratista a l'oli, la qual cosa el va portar a rebre la seva primera comissió de reialesa de la reina Carlota (Sopia Carlota de Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744 – 1818) de Gran Bretanya i reina d'Irlanda; per un retrat que li va fer 1790.
A partir d'aleshores seria el retratista més de moda d'Europa; pintant retrats per a l'elit de la societat, fins a la seva mort a 1830 a l'edat de 60.