Mary Beale: Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left
Mary Beale: Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left
Mary Beale: Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left
Mary Beale: Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left
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Mary Beale

Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left,

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About the artwork
This painting by Mary Beale is an oil paint on paper sketch of her son, Bartholomew. It is similar to her Self Portrait with Husband, Charles, and son, Bartholomew, c.1659–60, but it is not known whether this piece is a study for the family portrait or not. Bartholomew is around four years old in this portrait sketch, and is posed in three-quarter profile, turning to the left. In the 1670s Bartholomew worked as a studio assistant for Beale, painting drapery and feigned stone cartouches, but later became a doctor.
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  • Artist Mary Beale
  • Artwork Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left
  • Material FSC certified paper
  • Credit Original: Mary Beale Sketch of the Artist's Son, Bartholomew Beale, Facing Left c.1660 Oil paint on paper 32.5 x 24.5 cm Tate. Purchased 2010

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mary Beale (1633 – 1699) was an English portrait artist, thought to be Britain’s first professional female artist. Although she had no formal training from an academy, and no royal or courtly patronage, Beale’s career was successful enough for her to become the main earner for the family, making around 200 pounds a year from portraiture. She was respected by her peers and thought of as an authority in her field. Her Oservations, and instructional text on what techniques and materials she used in an oil painting of apricots, is cited as the first instructional book written by a woman artist. Her husband, Charles Beale, was her studio assistant, supporting her by priming canvases, mixing pigments, keeping the accounts and detailed notes on her practice. She died London and was buried under the communion table of St James's Church, Piccadilly, where a memorial to her remains today.
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