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John Giles Eccardt
John Giles Eccardt (1720 - 1779) was a German-born British portrait painter. He came to England in the company of the French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo for whom he worked as an assistant. When Van Loo departed the country, Eccardt remained and set up a portrait-painting business. In the following years he did portraits of a number of leading members of British society including twenty six of his chief patron Horace Walpole. He died in 1779.
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Painting ID:: 83019
Portrait of Richard Bentley
1753(1753)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 42.2 x 34.3 cm (16.6 x 13.5 in)
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Painting ID:: 83523
Portrait of George Montagu
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 74.5 x 62 cm (29.3 x 24.4 in)
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John Giles Eccardt
John Giles Eccardt (1720 - 1779) was a German-born British portrait painter. He came to England in the company of the French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo for whom he worked as an assistant. When Van Loo departed the country, Eccardt remained and set up a portrait-painting business. In the following years he did portraits of a number of leading members of British society including twenty six of his chief patron Horace Walpole. He died in 1779.
. Related Artists to John Giles Eccardt: | Benjamin Duterrau | Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde | TIZIANO Vecellio | Bernardino Lanino | Peter Jakob Horemans |
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