Francesco Bernardi ('Senesino')
31 of 182 portraits by Thomas Hudson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Francesco Bernardi ('Senesino')
by Alexander van Aken, after Thomas Hudson
mezzotint, published 1735
13 3/4 in. x 9 3/4 in. (354 mm x 251 mm) plate size; 14 3/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (367 mm x 262 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D1059
Sitterback to top
- Francesco Bernardi ('Senesino') (circa 1680-circa 1750), Castrato. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), Portrait painter and art collector. Artist or producer associated with 182 portraits.
- Alexander van Aken (1701-1757), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Events of 1735back to top
Current affairs
Second Parliament under George III. Robert Walpole maintains a substantial majority. Lord Bolingbroke gives up active opposition to Walpole and retires to France. Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.Welsh Methodist revival begins.
Art and science
Celebrated dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash appoints himself Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.William Hogarth founds the second St Martin's Lane Academy of Painting.
Lawyer and amateur meteorologist George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds
International
Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus publishes a 'system of nature', capable of classifying all living things.Swedish chemist Georg Brandt discovers a new metallic element, which he names cobalt.
A revivalist movement in America, led by Jonathan Edwards, becomes known as the Great Awakening.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Ascension Oratorio in Leipzig.
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