Charles d'Agar explained
Charles d'Agar (1669–1723) was a French[1] portrait painter, the son of Jacques d'Agar. Active in England for much of his life, he is most known for portraits made during the Late Stuart and Early Georgian eras.
D'Agar came to England with his father in 1681. He primarily painted portraits on commission for patrons such as the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Bolingbroke.[2] Some of his works can be found at Nunnington Hall.
Further reading
- Contemporary accounts
- Vertue. George. George Vertue. 1930. The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (I). The Walpole Society. 18. p. 83, 116, 126–127. i40086539.
- Vertue. George. 1934. The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (III). The Walpole Society. 22. p. 1, 4, 15. i40086509.
- Scholarly notes
- Book: Dussieux, Louis. 1876. Les artistes français à l'étranger. fr. 3rd. Paris, Lyon. Lecoffre. 72, 275–276, 348. 986071909. the Internet Archive.
- Lespinasse. P.. April 1927. Jacques d'Agar: portraitiste des rois de Danemark. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. fr. 5. 15 . 241–249. Gallica.
- Book: Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. H. Sotheran. 1878–1884. London. pt. 1, pp. 325, 406; pt. 3, pp. 1076, 1104, 1117, 1119, 1155, 1213, 1234; pt. 4, pp. 1581–1582. John Chaloner Smith. the Internet Archive. 1041598596.
- Book: Stewart, John Douglas. 1983. Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait. registration. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 75, 190. 0-19-817356-3. 461761506. 82014249. Oxford Studies in the History of Art and Architecture. the Internet Archive.
- Book: Walpole, Horace. Anecdotes Of Painting In England. Ward, Lock, and Co.. 1879. London. 322. Horace Walpole. the Internet Archive. 1039484687.
- Book: Waterhouse, Ellis K.. Ellis Waterhouse. Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790. Penguin Books. 1978. 0-14-056101-3. 4th. The Pelican History of Art. Harmondsworth, England; New York. 345. 1245624144. 77019107. 1953. registration. the Internet Archive.
- Book: Whinney. Margaret. English Art, 1625–1714. Millar. Oliver. Clarendon Press. 1957. Oxford History of English Art. 8. Oxford. 199. 1150992276. registration. the Internet Archive.
- Reference books
- Book: Bénézit, Emmanuel. 2006. originally published in French in 1911. Emmanuel Bénézit. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 1. Paris. Gründ. 148. 2-7000-3070-2. the Internet Archive.
- Encyclopedia: Agar, Jacques d'. The Dictionary of Art. Grove's Dictionaries. New York. Brême. Dominique. 1996. Turner. Jane. 1. 449. 1-884446-00-0. the Internet Archive. 1033664924. 96013628.
- Encyclopedia: Du Bus. Charles. Balteau. Jules. Barroux. Marius. Prevost. Michel. and. 1933. Agar (Charles d'). Dictionnaire de biographie française. 1. fr. Paris. Letouzey et Ané. col. 685. 492149976.
- Encyclopedia: Kasten. Eberhard. etal. 1992. Agar, Charles d'. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. 1. de. München, Leipzig. Saur. 493. 3-598-22741-8. 30486478 . .
- Encyclopedia: D'Agar, Charles. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Marciari Alexander. Julia. Julia Marciari-Alexander. 2004. Matthew. H. C. G.. Harrison. amp. Brian. 14. 0-19-861364-4. the Internet Archive. 1035759463. 2004005444.
- Book: Redgrave, Samuel. Samuel Redgrave. A Dictionary of Artists of the English School. George Bell. 1878. 2nd. London. 111. 1043009709. the Internet Archive.
- Encyclopedia: Stein. Henri.
fr:Henri Stein
. 1907. and. Thieme. Ulrich. Ulrich Thieme. Becker. Felix. Felix Becker (art historian). Agar, Charles d'. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. de. 1. Leipzig. W. Engelmann. 112. 1292069254. the Internet Archive.
- Book: Stewart. Brian. and. Cutten. Mervyn. 1997. The Dictionary of British Portrait Painters, Up to 1920. registration. Woodbridge, Suffolk. Antique Collectors' Club. 157. 1-85149-173-2. 97-121593. 1114073952. the Internet Archive.
- Book: Waterhouse, Ellis K.. 1988. The Dictionary of 16th & 17th Century British Painters. registration. Woodbridge, Suffolk. Antique Collectors' Club. 65. 1-851-49036-1. 89-214208. 22345566. the Internet Archive.
Notes and References
- , and, describe d'Agar as a French painter. Alternately,, says that "[d'Agar's] œuvre was clearly of more consequence to English art than that of his father."
- Web site: Charles d'Agar Brief Bio. 2013-01-22. 2014-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717125448/http://www.royprecious.co.uk/stock.asp?t=sold&offset=140. dead.
