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| Keywords: Francis Sartorius I - Two Horses with a Groom - Walters 372929.jpg Francis Sartorius Francis Sartorius I English 1734-1804 <br/> Creator John Nott Sartorius This painting is a noteworthy example of horse portraiture a genre within the wider field of sporting art utilized extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries particularly in Britain but not without its practitioners in France and the United States in fact in any country in which racing and hunting were significant cultural forms The most important artist in this field was undoubtedly George Stubbs 1724-1806 The Sartorius family who consisted of several generations of horse painters worked within precedents which he set producing a more conservative less complex oeuvre Nonetheless they received royal patronage in their own time and their work has been highly valued ever since ca 1780 Oil on canvas Framed cm 132 08 169 55 6 35 ; Unframed cm 109 86 147 96 accession number 37 2929 81575 Sir Robert Eden 1st Baronet of Maryland and former Royal Governor of Maryland c 1741-September 2 1784/6 Annapolis date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale 1790 Sara Macgill Chapman Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown John G and Sally Ledes New York 1983 by gift from Sally's mother Sara Macgill Chapman Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs John G Ledes 2010 Signature bottom off-center left Sartorius Jnr Pinx place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license 2D Francis Sartorius John Nott Sartorius Paintings of horses Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
