File:A group portrait of Thomas Bankes with his wife and son (by Biagio Rebecca).jpg
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English: Biagio Rebecca (Osimo 1734/5 - 1808 London)
A group portrait of Thomas Bankes with his wife and son, all full-length oil on canvas: 75.8 x 63 cm.; 29⅞ x 24¾ in. Biagio Rebecca came from an Italian family. He studied at the Royal Academy in 1760 and began exhibiting in 1770. He was admitted to associate membership of the Academy in 1771, but exhibited for the last time in 1772, after which he spent his time on interior decoration, working for wealthy clients and painting stairwells and ceilings. One of his best-known murals is the cupola at Heaton Hall, near Manchester. Provenance By descent from the sitters; Henrietta, widow of Walter Ralph Bankes (d. 1904), Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle; Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978); Thence by descent. |
| Date | 18-th century |
| Source | https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/town-country-a-private-collection/a-group-portrait-of-thomas-bankes-with-his-wife |
| Author | Biagio Rebecca |
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