Johann Zoffany1733–1810Mrs Oswald
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Mrs Oswald” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- NG4931
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Johann Zoffany · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Johann Zoffany
The whole lifeautumn 1760
Arrives in England and works for the clockmaker Rimbault
In the autumn of 1760 he arrives in England and at first finds work with the clockmaker Stephen Rimbault, painting decorative designs for his clocks.
c. 1760
Marries the daughter of a court official
Around the age of 27, Zoffany marries the daughter of a court official in Würzburg; she accompanies him to London but returns to Germany within a decade or so.
not after 1764
The patronage of George III and Queen Charlotte
By 1764 Zoffany enjoys the patronage of King George III and Queen Charlotte for his charmingly informal scenes.
1768
A founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts
Zoffany is a founding member of the new Royal Academy of Arts. He enjoys great popularity for his society and theatrical portraits, painting many prominent actors, above all David Garrick, the most famous actor of his day, often in costume — “Garrick as Hamlet” and “Garrick as King Lear”.
