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temp. HANOVER. Sir Joshua Reynolds, painter. 1723-1792. Æ Medal (57mm, 101.27 g, 12h). Art Union of London. By A. J. Stothard. Dated 1845. Bare head left; pallet and brushes below, REYNOLDS downward to right / ART UNION OF LONDON, detail from his painting The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle; 1845 below. BHM 2207; Eimer 1399. Brown surfaces light marks. EF.
Knighted by King George III in 1769, Sir Joshua Roberts was a celebrated painter known for promoting the "Grand Style," in which the imperfect was idealized. The founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, one of his more famous paintings was The Infant Hercules, commissioned by Yekaterina II Velikaya (Catherine II 'the Great'), and draws upon classical motifs on coins such as Kroton and Thebes featuring the Herakliskos Drakonopnigon.
Knighted by King George III in 1769, Sir Joshua Roberts was a celebrated painter known for promoting the "Grand Style," in which the imperfect was idealized. The founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, one of his more famous paintings was The Infant Hercules, commissioned by Yekaterina II Velikaya (Catherine II 'the Great'), and draws upon classical motifs on coins such as Kroton and Thebes featuring the Herakliskos Drakonopnigon.