Portrait of Mrs. Angerstein

Portrait of Mrs. Angerstein from 1810 by John Hoppner is a portrait likely connected to the famous Angerstein art collection, whose paintings formed the nucleus of the National Gallery in London. The Angerstein family's association with one of the greatest private art collections in Britain gives this portrait particular historical significance. Characteristic of the artist's mature approach, the work displays fluent, confident brushwork in the tradition of Reynolds, with a warm atmospheric palette and a gift for flattering likenesses that retained individual character.

The female portrait demonstrates Hoppner's mature technique in rendering women with both elegance and character, with his characteristic atmospheric warmth and fluid brushwork.