Portrait of Isaac Brodeau, three-quarter-length, seated, in a green coat and waistcoat, reading a book

Details

George Roth (fl.1742-1778)
Portrait of Isaac Brodeau, three-quarter-length, seated, in a green coat and waistcoat, reading a book
signed 'G.ROTH' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.5 x 71.2 cm.)

Literature

A. Oliver, 'A Drapery Painter of the 18th Century', Country Life, 15 August, 1963, p. 371.

Exhibited

London, Society of Artists, 1768, no. 138, as by William Roth.

Engraved

G. Roth, mezzotint.

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Lot Essay

George Roth, who Oliver (op.cit.) believed was the same as the artist recorded as William Roth, was primarily a drapery painter used by, among others, Hudson and Ramsay. The sitter in this portrait is thought to have been either the keeper of a coffee house in Oxford, or a silversmith.

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