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| Keywords: self-portraits; montacute house selfportraitsmontacutehouse london, st martin's place, wc2 0he londonstmartinsplacewc20he united kingdom unitedkingdom people A wealthy landowner from East Anglia, and a relation of Francis Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon was also an exceptionally skilful amateur painter. Only a small group of his paintings survive, but the remaining works testify to his remarkable abilities. He was particularly known for his extraordinary, large-scale kitchen and market scenes which were dominated by still-life depictions of enormous vegetables and fruit, and often included a buxom maid. This was a type of painting popular in the Low Countries which Bacon visited often; he is the only English artist known to have worked in this genre. Among his surviving works is a small group of self-portraits. This one shows him as wealthy gentleman rather than as an artist. The strong contrasts between the light and drak areas, the polished refinement of the painting, and the painted stone oval which surrounds the portrait, all reflect his knowledge of Netherlandish art. Sir Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy landowner from Suffolk, England. Bacon was an exceptionally skillful amateur painter and gardener[1] . Only a small group of his paintings survive. He was particularly known for his kitchen and market scenes, dominated by still-life depictions of large vegetables and fruit, often accompanied by a buxom maid. The most well known of which being "The Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit" (Tate Gallery London). This predilection for cook or market scenes is much more common among Dutch and Flemish painters, see for example Joachim Beuckelaer (1533–1574). Bacon is credited with the first known British landscape.[2] and also painted a self-portrait[3] and a number of other portraits.He was knighted K. B.[4] in 1625. He died at the age of 42. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet[5]. A wealthy landowner from East Anglia, and a relation of Francis Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon was also an exceptionally skilful amateur painter. Only a small group of his paintings survive, but the remaining works testify to his remarkable abilities. He was particularly known for his extraordinary, large-scale kitchen and market scenes which were dominated by still-life depictions of enormous vegetables and fruit, and often included a buxom maid. This was a type of painting popular in the Low Countries which Bacon visited often; he is the only English artist known to have worked in this genre. Among his surviving works is a small group of self-portraits. This one shows him as wealthy gentleman rather than as an artist. The strong contrasts between the light and drak areas, the polished refinement of the painting, and the painted stone oval which surrounds the portrait, all reflect his knowledge of Netherlandish art. Sir Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy landowner from Suffolk, England. Bacon was an exceptionally skillful amateur painter and gardener[1] . Only a small group of his paintings survive. He was particularly known for his kitchen and market scenes, dominated by still-life depictions of large vegetables and fruit, often accompanied by a buxom maid. The most well known of which being "The Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit" (Tate Gallery London). This predilection for cook or market scenes is much more common among Dutch and Flemish painters, see for example Joachim Beuckelaer (1533–1574). Bacon is credited with the first known British landscape.[2] and also painted a self-portrait[3] and a number of other portraits.He was knighted K. B.[4] in 1625. He died at the age of 42. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet[5]. | ||||
