Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759) [after Thomas Hudson (1701-1779)]
Original 18th Century Portrait
Head and shoulders portrait after Thomas Hudson, oil on panel, probably late 18th century. 24 x 19 cm (9.5 x 7.5 ins), old gilt frame with title and artist label attributing the portrait to Thomas Hudson to lower edge, David Messum gallery label to frame verso. Provenance: David Messum Gallery [now Messum's], 1983.Hudson is known to have made two portraits of Handel - one in about 1748 and one in 1756 [now in the National Portrait Gallery, London], commissioned by Jennens, and similar to this example. A small whole-length sketch for the Jennens portrait is in the Royal Collection and copies after the same painting are now in the Fitzwilliam and at the National Gallery in London. (11205)
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