Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2020
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
James McArdell
Rachel de Ruvigny, Duchess of Southampton
(after Anthony van Dyck) 1758
mezzotint, ii/iv
Colin Holden Charitable Trust
James McArdell
Rachel de Ruvigny, Duchess of Southampton
(after Anthony van Dyck) 1758
mezzotint, ii/iv
Colin Holden Charitable Trust
Gérard Edelinck
Charles Mouton (after François de Troy) 1690–1707
engraving
Colin Holden Charitable Trust
Gérard Edelinck
Charles Mouton (after François de Troy) 1690–1707
engraving
Colin Holden Charitable Trust
Jean-Jacques Flipart
Concours pour le prix de l’étude des têtes et de l’expression (Competition for the prize for the study of heads and expression) (after Charles-Nicolas Cochin le Jeune) 1763
etching and engraving
Colin Holden Charitable Trust
Jean-Jacques Flipart
Concours pour le prix de l’étude des têtes et de l’expression (Competition for the prize for the study of heads and expression) (after Charles-Nicolas Cochin le Jeune) 1763
etching and engraving
Colin Holden Charitable Trust
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection
Saturday 29 February to Wednesday 5 August 2020
Going public—portraits from the Colin Holden Collection brought together prints from the 17th and 18th centuries that were designed to leave a lasting impression on their audiences.
Portrait prints were a highly regarded artistic medium during this era, with portrait painters favouring a select group of accomplished and virtuosic engravers to reproduce their works in printed form. These prints held a distinct function: to communicate the status and achievements of their sitter to the public through purposeful use of expression, ornament and symbolism. Featuring works by renowned European printmakers, this exhibition invites close encounters with luminaries from the period’s cultural, royal and societal milieus.
The Richardson Gallery is dedicated to the display of prints in memory of Dr Colin Holden.
