Thomas Sully, 1813 - Portraits of Jean Terford David and Mary Sicard David - fine art print

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This over 200 year-old masterpiece "Portraits of Jean Terford David and Mary Sicard David" was made by the American painter Thomas Sully in 1813. The more than 200 year old original version was painted with the size: Framed: 122 x 103 x 10 cm (48 1/16 x 40 9/16 x 3 15/16 in); Unframed: 89,5 x 70,5 cm (35 1/4 x 27 3/4 in); Part 2: 121,9 x 103,5 x 15,3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in); Part 3: 89,5 x 69,8 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/2 in). Oil on canvas was used by the American artist as the medium of the piece of art. ".1 - Signed lower right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]" .2 - Signed right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]"" is the masterpiece's original inscription. Moveover, this work of art belongs to the digital art collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. This modern art public domain artwork is supplied with courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. The creditline of the artpiece is: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust. Furthermore, alignment is portrait with a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter Thomas Sully was an artist from United States, whose style can be attributed primarily to Romanticism. The North American artist was born in 1783 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom and passed away at the age of 89 in the year 1872 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States.

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What does the original description of the The Cleveland Museum of Art write about the 19th century artwork painted by Thomas Sully? (© Copyright - by The Cleveland Museum of Art - The Cleveland Museum of Art)

According to his own inventory, the astonishingly productive Sully painted more than 2,600 works during his career. Most of these paintings were commissioned portraits, including this one of John Terford David, who had just recently married. French-born David was an American officer who served as a paymaster during the War of 1812. His rank is indicated by the fringed epaulet on his left shoulder and the lack of one on his right. In composing the portrait, Sully ingeniously positioned David's body on an angle to emphasize the single epaulet and downplay the uniform's lack of symmetry. Leaving England for America at the age of nine but returning in his mid-twenties to study with Benjamin West, Sully finally settled in Philadelphia in 1810. There he became the city's leading painter, known for dashing brushwork and elegant figures. Lieutenant Jean Terford David (1792–1838) commissioned these portraits of himself and his wife Mary Sicard David (1792–1864) soon after his appointment as regimental paymaster in the US Army. Sully created visual drama by portraying David from below against a cloud-filled sky. Mrs. David, however, is seen from straight on and presents a sweet and benign figure. The frame is original.