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''Portrait of Margaret Desenfans'' is a 1757 portrait of
''Portrait of Margaret Desenfans'' is a 1757 portrait of Margaret Desenfans
Margaret Desenfans (1737-1814) or (1731-1814) was one of three founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
She was born in Clasemont, Swansea, County Glamorgan, the daughter of Robert Morris (d.1768) and Margaret Morris (née Jenkins).
by the English painter Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depend ...
. It was listed as part of her husband Noel's art collection in 1791 but remained in her own family's collection until being sold by auction in 1930 That year Dulwich College
Dulwich College is a 2–19 independent, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...
commissioned Moussa Ayoub
M. Moussa Ayoub (c.1873–1955) was a Syrian-born British artist known for his portraits. He was an active painter in London and Paris between 1903 until 1938.
About
He was born 1873 in Damascus, Syria, during the time of Ottoman Syria. Ayoub st ...
to produce a copy of the original portrait. The original then remained lost until 2013, when its private owner loaned it for an anniversary exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London, which opened to the public in 1817. It was designed by Regency architect Sir John Soane using an innovative and influential method of illumination. Dulwich is the oldest publi ...
, which Margaret and her husband founded.
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{{Joshua Reynolds Desenfans, Margaret 1757 paintings