Le Coeur after William Hogarth – Auction of Pictures, Etc.
Le Coeur after William Hogarth – Auction of Pictures, Etc.
An interesting scene at an auction house. The auctioneer stands at the rostrum with his gavel raised, below him a boy holds up the picture being offered. A large crowd of seated and standing ladies and gentlemen fill the room, a dog sits in the foreground watching the proceedings.
William Hogarth
William Hogarth, (born November 10, 1697, London, England—died October 26, 1764, London). The first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Best known for his MORAL and satirical engravings and paintings—e.g., A Rake’s Progress (eight scenes,1733).
His attempts to build a reputation as a history painter and portraitist, however, met with financial disappointment. His aesthetic theories had more influence in Romantic literature than in painting.
