Portrait of Johann Christian Bach

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1776
Height:
76.0 cm  (29 15/16 in.)
Width:
62.0 cm  (24 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna
    [Museum inv. no.: B 11876 / B 38185]

Description

Portrait of the youngest of Bach's composing sons, Johann Christian Bach (1735-1982). Another copy by Gainsborough is in the National Portrait Gallery, London (RIdIM 5509)

People as subjects

Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782) (Composer portrait)

Iconclass

48C713
portrait of composer

Image URLs

image link 1
Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica
image link 2
Wikimedia Commons image

Bibliographic references

Schuetze, George C. Convergences in music and art: A bibliographic study (Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 2005) 193, fig. 4.67. ISBN 9780899901305. RILM 2005-12224.

RIdIM record id

4648