Charles d'Agar
Charles d'Agar (1669–1723), was a French[1] painter, most known for his portraits made during the Late Stuart and Early Georgian eras.
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Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness by Charles d'Agar
D'Agar came to England with his father Jacques in 1681. He primarily painted portraits on commission for patrons such as the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Bolingbroke.[2] Some of his works can be found at Nunnington Hall.
References
- Stein 1907, p. 112, and Bénézit 2006, p. 148, describe d'Agar as a French painter. Alternately, Marciari Alexander 2004, p. 904, says that "[d'Agar's] œuvre was clearly of more consequence to English art than that of his father."
- "Charles d'Agar Brief Bio". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
Further reading
- Bénézit, Emmanuel (2006) [originally published in French in 1911]. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 1. Paris: Gründ. p. 148. ISBN 2-7000-3070-2 – via the Internet Archive.
- Brême, Dominique (1996). "Agar, Jacques d'". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 1. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 449. ISBN 1-884446-00-0. LCCN 96013628. OCLC 1033664924 – via the Internet Archive.
- Du Bus, Charles (1933). "Agar (Charles d')". In Balteau, Jules; Barroux, Marius; and Prevost, Michel (eds.). Dictionnaire de biographie française (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. col. 685. OCLC 492149976.
- Dussieux, Louis (1876). Les artistes français à l'étranger (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris, Lyon: Lecoffre. pp. 72, 275–276, 348. OCLC 986071909 – via the Internet Archive.
- Kasten, Eberhard; et al., eds. (1992). "Agar, Charles d'". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 1. München, Leipzig: Saur. p. 493. ISBN 3-598-22741-8. OCLC 30486478.
- Lespinasse, P. (April 1927). "Jacques d'Agar: portraitiste des rois de Danemark". Gazette des Beaux-Arts (in French). 5:15: 241–249 – via Gallica.
- Marciari Alexander, Julia (2004). "D'Agar, Charles". In Matthew, H. C. G. & Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861364-4. LCCN 2004005444. OCLC 1035759463 – via the Internet Archive.
- Redgrave, Samuel (1878). A Dictionary of Artists of the English School (2nd ed.). London: George Bell. p. 111. OCLC 1043009709 – via the Internet Archive.
- Smith, John Chaloner (1878–1884). British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: H. Sotheran. pt. 1, pp. 325, 406; pt. 3, pp. 1076, 1104, 1117, 1119, 1155, 1213, 1234; pt. 4, pp. 1581–1582. OCLC 1041598596 – via the Internet Archive.
- Stein, Henri (1907). "Agar, Charles d'". In Thieme, Ulrich and Becker, Felix (eds.). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. p. 112. OCLC 1292069254 – via the Internet Archive.
- Vertue, George (1930). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (I)". The Walpole Society. 18. whole issue. JSTOR i40086539.
- Vertue, George (1934). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (III)". The Walpole Society. 22. whole issue. JSTOR i40086509.
- Walpole, Horace (1879). Anecdotes Of Painting In England. London: Ward, Lock, and Co. p. 322. OCLC 1039484687 – via the Internet Archive.
- Waterhouse, Ellis K. (1978) [1953]. Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790. The Pelican History of Art (4th ed.). Harmondsworth, England; New York: Penguin Books. p. 345. ISBN 0-14-056101-3. LCCN 77019107. OCLC 1245624144 – via the Internet Archive.
- Whinney, Margaret; Millar, Oliver (1957). English Art, 1625–1714. Oxford History of English Art. Vol. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 199. OCLC 1150992276 – via the Internet Archive.
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