Artist: Mary Beale (1633 - 1699)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Mary Beale was the daughter of a clergyman, working mostly in London. Due to her religious upbringing, she began painting portraits mostly of religious figures. Beale was active in many of the intellectual circles in London. Knowledge of her career is based upon the records kept by her husband chronicling payments and other information regarding her sitters.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Charles Willson Peale - John Beale Bordley 1776 watercolor on ivory Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Charles Willson Peale - John Beale Bordley 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sophia Beale, Untitled (Race Meeting?), 1892
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Richard Beale, The Crewel Tondo, 1972
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Mary Beale - Portrait of a Woman with a Black Hood c. 1660 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts English
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The Whale Ship, ca. 1845 Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851)Oil on canvas; 36 1/8
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Mary Beale - Sir James Long of Draycott Park, Wiltshire and Witley Calne, Wiltshire c. 1660 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts English
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Aubrey Beardsley, How La Beale Isoud Nursed Sir Tristram, in book 8 opposite page 198 in the book Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights äby Sir Thomas Malory. intro. John Rhys. 2nd ed. (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909),
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Aubrey Beardsley, How La Beale Isoud Wrote to Sir Tristram, in book 9 opposite page 250in the book Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights äby Sir Thomas Malory. intro. John Rhys. 2nd ed. (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909)
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Aubrey Beardsley, La Beale Isoud at Joyous Gard, in book 10 on double pages following page 354 in the book, Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights ä (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909) The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arth
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Aubrey Beardsley, Now King Mark and Sir Dinadan Heard Sir Palomides Making Great Sorrow and Mourning for La Beale Isoud, in book 10, on double pages following page 308 in the book Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knight
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Charles Beale - Unknown Man (1693) 1693 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Francis Alexander, American, 1800-1880 Mrs. Beale Thayer and Miss Sarah Blanchard about 1835 Oil on
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Mary Cassatt - Miss Mary Ellison c. 1880 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Mary Hart, Sampler calico cat and verse; inscribed, "Mary Hart 1800", 1800
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Polidoro di Bartolomeo - Crucifixion with Saints (St. Francis of Assisi, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St. John the Apostle, and St. Anthony of Padua) c. 1480 fresco transferred t Utah Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Mary Frank, Daphne, 1975
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Mary Frank, Daphnae, 1977
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Mary Frank, Untitled, 1978
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Mary Frank, Untitled, 1978
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Quentin Massys - Mary Magdalen 15th-16th centu oil on oak panel The Detroit Institute of Art Flemish
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Mary Magdalene 1877 oil on canvas Delaware Art Museum Italian
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Francois-Joseph Bosio - The Virgin Mary 1843 marble Dahesh Museum of Art French
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James Peale - Mary Mitchell 1795 watercolor on ivory Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Edmund Charles Tarbell - Mother and Mary 1922 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Mary Barry 1803-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Constable - Mrs. Mary Fisher 1816 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Holy Family with Saints
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Carlo Crivelli - Saint Mary Magdalene c. 1491-1494 egg tempera on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Mary Hiller and Two Children 1864 albumen print from c National Gallery of Art British
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Mary, Lady Guildford 1527 oil on panel Saint Louis Art Museum German
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Joseph Whiting Stock - Mary and Francis Wilcox 1845 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Duncan Grant - Miss Mary Coss 1931 oil on canvas covere The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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John Wollaston - Mary Walton Morris 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Allan Ramsay - Portrait of Mrs. Mary Martin 1761 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Mary Frank, Untitled (Running Figures in the Forest), 1978
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William Hogarth - Miss Mary Edwards 1742 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Georges de la Tour - Young Virgin Mary c. 1640 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Simon Vouet - Mary Magdalen Repentant c. 1630 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Robert Henri - Mary Anne with her Basket c. 1910 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American

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San Diego Museum of Art: Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures
The collection of 73 sculptures in the show is one of only four complete sets of Degas bronzes, which were cast shortly after the artist’s death, in existence. They come from the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil, and their presentation is organi...

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