Le Révérend Randall Burroughes et son fils Ellis

The Reverend Randall Burroughes and His Son Ellis by Johann Zoffany is a father-and-son portrait that combines familial intimacy with formal portraiture. The clerical father and his heir represent the established Anglican gentry who formed an important segment of Zoffany's patronage base. Zoffany was the most versatile of George III's court painters, equally adept at intimate conversation pieces, theatrical portraits, and large-scale group compositions. His meticulous attention to costume, in...

The double portrait captures the relationship between father and son through their spatial arrangement and expressions, rendered with Zoffany's characteristic attention to individual features.