Charles d'Agar
Illustration — Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, before 1721, oil on canvas, 125.1 by 101 cm, private collection Charles d'Agar (1669–1723) was a French portrait painter, the son of Jacques d'Agar. Charles d'Agar was active in England for much of his life, he is most known for portraits made during the Late Stuart and Early Georgian eras. D'Agar came to England with his father in 1681.
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Charles d'Agar
John Smith / After Charles d'Agar · National Portrait Gallery: NPG D11666 · Public domain
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- 1669 · Paris.
- Died
- 1723 · London.
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- France
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- portrait
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- French
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Illustration — Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, before 1721, oil on canvas, 125.1 by 101 cm, private collection Charles d'Agar (1669–1723) was a French portrait painter, the son of Jacques d'Agar. Charles d'Agar was active in England for much of his life, he is most known for portraits made during the Late Stuart and Early Georgian eras. D'Agar came to England with his father in 1681.
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Born at Paris in 1669, died in London in 1723.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by Charles d'Agar is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums Greenwich, Burrell Collection, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery and Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.
Portrait of Lady Mary Montagu (Churchill), Duchess of Montagu
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Portrait of Lady Mary Montagu (Churchill), Duchess of Montagu
John Simon / After Charles d'Agar · National Portrait Gallery: NPG D27381
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- 1.For example, see ; .
- 2.Stein, 1907, p=112 ; ; ; ; ; .
- 3.Lespinasse, 1927, pp=241, 245 ; ; .
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- 5.Stein, 1907, p=112 , and , describe d'Agar as a French painter. Alternately, , says that "[d'Agar's] œuvre was clearly of more consequence to English art than that of his father."
- 6.Charles d'Agar Brief Bio.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 17
- Vertue, George. The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (I). The Walpole Society. 18. p. 83, 116, 126–127. 1930. i40086539.
- Vertue, George. The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (III). The Walpole Society. 22. p. 1, 4, 15. 1934. i40086509.
- Dussieux, Louis. Les artistes français à l'étranger. Lecoffre. 72, 275–276, 348. 1876. 986071909.
- Lespinasse, P. Jacques d'Agar: portraitiste des rois de Danemark. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 5. 15. 241–249. April 1927.
- Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. H. Sotheran. pt. 1, pp. 325, 406; pt. 3, pp. 1076, 1104, 1117, 1119, 1155, 1213, 1234; pt. 4, pp. 1581–1582. 1878–1884. 1041598596.
- Stewart, John Douglas. Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait. Clarendon Press. 75, 190. 1983. 0-19-817356-3.
- Walpole, Horace. Anecdotes Of Painting In England. Ward, Lock, and Co. 322. 1879. 1039484687.
- Waterhouse, Ellis K. Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790. Penguin Books. 345. 1978. 0-14-056101-3.
- Whinney, Margaret. English Art, 1625–1714. Clarendon Press. 8. 199. 1957. 1150992276.
- Bénézit, Emmanuel. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Gründ. 1. 148. 2006. 2-7000-3070-2.
- Brême, Dominique. Agar, Jacques d'. The Dictionary of Art. Grove's Dictionaries. 1. 449. 1996. 1-884446-00-0.
- Du Bus, Charles. Agar (Charles d'). Dictionnaire de biographie française. Letouzey et Ané. 1. col. 685. 1933. 492149976.
- Saur. Agar, Charles d'. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. 1. 493. 1992. 3-598-22741-8.
- Marciari Alexander, Julia. D'Agar, Charles. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 14. 2004. 0-19-861364-4.
- Stein, Henri. Agar, Charles d'. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. W. Engelmann. 1. 112. 1907. 1292069254.
- Stewart, Brian. The Dictionary of British Portrait Painters, Up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. 157. 1997. 1-85149-173-2.
- Waterhouse, Ellis K. The Dictionary of 16th & 17th Century British Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. 65. 1988. 1-851-49036-1.
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