GEORGE ROMNEY/ A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF HIS PAINTINGS

his magnificent catalogue, in three volumes and with nearly 2,000 illustrations, will restore George Romney (1734-1802) to his long- overdue position - with his contemporaries Reynolds and Gainsborough - as a master of 18th-century British portrait painting. The pr oduct of impressive and thorough research undertaken over the course of 20 years, Alex Kidson asserts Romney's status as one of the greatest British painters, whose last catalogue raisonne was published over 100 years ago. In more than 1,800 entries, many supporte d by new ...[Leer más]