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Sir Joshua Reynolds

Also known as: Sir Joshua Reynolds; primary name: Reynolds, Joshua
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1723-1792
Biography: Portrait and history painter; the dominant artistic personality of the age of George III. Founder and first President of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768, to which he gave his lectures published as his 'Discourses'. Exh. SA 1760-68; RA 1769-90 (when he went blind). Important collector of Old Master drawings, many of which (approximately one quarter) are now held in the BM.
Bibliography: Lugt 2364 List of engravings up to date published in Gentleman's Magazine 5 March 1784, pp.183-88, including the current prices (reprinted in Graves & Cronin pp.1583-94). E.Hamilton: 'A catalogue of the engraved works of Joshua Reynolds', 2nd ed. 1884. David Mannings, 'Sir JR, a complete catalogue of his paintings', London 2000. D. Esposito, 'What's in a mark or what marks can tell us: the use and abuse of the collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds', in P. Fuhring (ed.), 'Les marques de collections II', Dijon, 2011, pp.57-63.

4,270 related objects

book of prints

Museum number: 1913,0828,21.1-18 |
Producer name: Printed by:William DickesPublished by:Hamilton, Adams, & Co |
Production date: 1859-1862 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

book-illustration; print

Title: The Honble Captn Hervey |
Museum number: 1853,0112.2005 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1843,0513.19 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1800-1840

drawing; forgery

Museum number: 1939,0725.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 Manner/Style of:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1738-1939

drawing

Museum number: 1850,0413.125 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1645-1647

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.8 |
Producer name: BIOG43822 After:Ercole de' Roberti |
Production date: 1469-1496

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.177 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Circle/School of:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.2 |
Producer name: BIOG22859 Drawn by:Lodovico Cigoli |
Production date: 1574-1613

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0213.2 |
Producer name: BIOG23708 Drawn by:Pietro da Cortona |
Production date: 1646-1647

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.187 |
Producer name: BIOG48573 Drawn by:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1533-1594

drawing

Museum number: Pp,3.13 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.264 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1995,U.4 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.211 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Guglielmo CorteseFormerly attributed to:Pier Francesco Mola |
Production date: 1628-1679

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.814 |
Producer name: BIOG49124 Drawn by:Cosimo Ulivelli |
Production date: 1640-1704

drawing

Museum number: Pp,1.26 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Pietro PeruginoFormerly attributed to:Domenico Ghirlandaio |
Production date: 1465-1523

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1108.5 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1646

drawing

Museum number: 1845,1208.1 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1634

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42363 After:Jacopo da Pontormo |
Production date: 1509-1557

drawing

Museum number: Pp,1.62 |
Producer name: BIOG41681 After:Pietro Perugino |
Production date: 1465-1523

drawing

Museum number: 1994,1001.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Penry WilliamsAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1817-1885

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.189 |
Producer name: BIOG48573 Drawn by:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1533-1594

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0528.59 |
Producer name: BIOG42848 Drawn by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1784-1843

drawing

Museum number: 1856,0712.997 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giulio Cesare ProcacciniFormerly attributed to:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1610-1620

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.12 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gerbrand van den EeckhoutFormerly attributed to:Adam Elsheimer |
Production date: 1653

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.67 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Drawn by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

drawing

Museum number: Pp,5.123 |
Producer name: BIOG37145 Drawn by:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1640-1713

drawing

Museum number: Pp,1.56 |
Producer name: BIOG18589 Drawn by:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.42 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1845,1208.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1615-1616

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.395 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1559-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.191 |
Producer name: BIOG48573 Drawn by:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1533-1594

drawing

Museum number: 1869,1224.604.409 |
Producer name: BIOG49652 Ascribed to:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1543-1588

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.641 |
Producer name: BIOG29116 Drawn by:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1514-1546

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.5 |
Producer name: BIOG44158 Drawn by:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1640-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0512.4 |
Producer name: BIOG36477 Drawn by:Benedetto Luti |
Production date: 1666-1724

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.106 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Battista SozziniFormerly attributed to:Innocenzo Francucci |
Production date: 1540-1582

drawing

Museum number: 1850,0413.128 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1632-1640

drawing

Museum number: Oo,8.248 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1670

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.318 |
Producer name: BIOG22859 Drawn by:Lodovico Cigoli |
Production date: 1574-1613

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.130 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Drawn by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21756 Circle/School of:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1542-1585

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.740 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 Drawn by:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1518-1519

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.12 |
Producer name: BIOG18589 After:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.119 |
Producer name: BIOG41681 Circle/School of:Pietro Perugino |
Production date: 1465-1523

drawing

Museum number: 1943,0710.6 |
Producer name: BIOG36477 Drawn by:Benedetto Luti |
Production date: 1695-1700

drawing

Museum number: Pp,3.206 |
Producer name: BIOG41257 Circle/School of:Bartolommeo Passarotti |
Production date: 1544-1592

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0410.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Henry SingletonFormerly attributed to:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1766-1839

drawing

Museum number: 1905,0810.1 |
Producer name: BIOG25441 Drawn by:Domenichino |
Production date: 1596-1641

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.103 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1634-1635

drawing

Museum number: Ff,1.13 |
Producer name: After:MichelangeloFormerly attributed to:Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino |
Production date: 1490-1564

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.181 |
Producer name: BIOG48573 Drawn by:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1533-1594

drawing

Museum number: 1916,0325.35 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 19thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.718 |
Producer name: BIOG22073 Circle/School of:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1575-1609

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.614 |
Producer name: BIOG48593 Circle/School of:Titian |
Production date: 1492-1576

drawing

Museum number: Pp,4.43 |
Producer name: BIOG30014 After:Guercino |
Production date: 1616-1666

drawing

Museum number: 1905,1110.58 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 Attributed to:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1525-1563

drawing

Museum number: 1905,0414.34 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1774-1835

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.823 |
Producer name: BIOG48593 Drawn by:Titian |
Production date: 1493-1576

drawing

Museum number: 1857,0520.63 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0617.24 |
Producer name: BIOG44245 After:Antonio di Matteo di Domenico Gamberelli Rossellino |
Production date: 1442-1473

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.980 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckFormerly attributed to:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1108.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1646

drawing

Title: mons Ingenious face painter astute Lumineur madame modeste Une des onze mille Vierges |
Museum number: 1868,0808.13153 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.62 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Attributed to:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1845,1208.8 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Peter LelyFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1618-1680

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.26 |
Producer name: BIOG26907 Drawn by:Paolo Farinati |
Production date: 1539-1606

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1108.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1646

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.471 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 Drawn by:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1535

drawing

Museum number: Ee,3.67 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1815-1818

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0611.8 |
Producer name: BIOG37145 Drawn by:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1640-1713

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0211.106 |
Producer name: BIOG29116 After:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1514-1546

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.183 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Govert FlinckFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1645

drawing

Museum number: Pp,4.45 |
Producer name: BIOG37883 Drawn by:Pietro Francesco Mazzuchelli |
Production date: 1586-1626

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.193 |
Producer name: BIOG48573 Drawn by:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1533-1594

drawing

Museum number: 1974,U.366-383 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George CruikshankDrawn by:William Hone |
Production date: 1810-1878

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.882 |
Producer name: BIOG37000 Drawn by:Silvestro Manaigo |
Production date: 1685-1734

drawing

Museum number: 1856,0712.959 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John JacksonAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.106 |
Producer name: BIOG22073 Attributed to:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1575-1609

drawing

Museum number: Oo,3.4 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Carlo CignaniFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Benaschi |
Production date: 1643-1719

drawing

Museum number: Ff,1.48 |
Producer name: BIOG29116 Drawn by:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1514-1546

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.117 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Abraham FurneriusFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650-1654

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.814 |
Producer name: BIOG52060 Drawn by:Taddeo Zuccaro |
Production date: 1544-1566

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.979 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:Wierix brothersFormerly attributed to:Jacques de Gheyn II |
Production date: 1580

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1931,0211.1 |
Producer name: BIOG142227 Drawn by:Thomas Gosden |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.125 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Abraham FurneriusFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.2 |
Producer name: BIOG18631 Drawn by:Jacopo Bassano |
Production date: 1525-1592

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0424.167 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1635-1640

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.943 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: Ff,3.206 |
Producer name: BIOG37145 Drawn by:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1640-1713

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1894 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1550-1564

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.34 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1632

drawing

Museum number: 1902,0212.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 Drawn by:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1788

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.326 |
Producer name: BIOG24448 Drawn by:Daniele da Volterra |
Production date: 1524-1566

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.51 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1614-1618

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1265 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1639

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1406 |
Producer name: BIOG46731 Ascribed to:Francesco Solimena |
Production date: 1672-1747

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.328 |
Producer name: BIOG32773 Drawn by:Jacone |
Production date: 1533-1553

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.86 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0714.324 |
Producer name: BIOG42516 Drawn by:Pieter Pourbus |
Production date: 1525-1584