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Lot Essay
Born in Eye, Suffolk, Hoare demonstrated a talent for drawing while still young and his father sent him to London for formal training under Giuseppe Grisoni (1699-1769). When Grisoni returned to Italy in 1728, Hoare accompanied him, travelling to Rome where he remained for nine years studying the works of other artists in the city and meeting young Grand Tourists, many of whom subsequently became patrons.
Shortly after returning to England in 1738, Hoare moved to Bath where he settled and established a successful career as a portrait painter, executing works for patrons such as Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709-1756) and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (1693-1750).
The present pastel has traditionally been identified as Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), though as the sitter is not wearing the Order of the Garter (received by Chesterfield in 1730) and his facial features are different from those in other known portraits of the Earl, the traditional identification has been refuted.
We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
Shortly after returning to England in 1738, Hoare moved to Bath where he settled and established a successful career as a portrait painter, executing works for patrons such as Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709-1756) and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (1693-1750).
The present pastel has traditionally been identified as Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), though as the sitter is not wearing the Order of the Garter (received by Chesterfield in 1730) and his facial features are different from those in other known portraits of the Earl, the traditional identification has been refuted.
We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.