Allan Ramsay (artist)

Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay, self-portrait, c. 1737 (now housed at the National Portrait Gallery in London)
Born(1713-10-13)13 October 1713
Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Died10 August 1784(1784-08-10) (aged 70)
Dover, England, Great Britain
EducationLondon (1733–36, under Hans Huyssing, and at the St. Martin's Lane Academy); Rome (1736–9, under Francesco Solimena and Francesco Fernandi)
Known forPortraiture
MovementClassicism
Patron(s)Duncan Forbes,
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater,
George III

Allan Ramsay (13 October 1713 – 10 August 1784) was a Scottish portrait painter.

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