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Painted A Portrait Of Keppel: In that year he painted a portrait of Keppel that lifted him at once into fame. In spite of the competition of Allan Ramsay, his work became so popular that in 1755 he had 120 persons sit to him for their portraits. Thereafter, although his paintings were not of uniform excellence because his commissions were so numerous that he had to rely on the assistance of journeymen, he was able to hold his own against the rising popularity of George Romney and Thomas Gainsborough.The younger Cephisodotus was known chiefly for his portrait sculpture, particularly of Me-nander and Lycurgus. CERACCHI, cha-riik'ke, Giuseppe (1751-1802), Italian sculptor, who had a reputation in his time second only to Canova's. He was born in Rome on July 4, 1751. In 1775, after studying with Tommaso Righi, he went to London, where he won praise for his work, including the statues Strength and Temperance on the facade of Somerset House and portrait busts of Lord Shelbum, Viscount Keppel, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others.
His Portrait of Mr. William Forsyth in the New York Metropolitan Museum is a fair specimen of his style and there are two pictures of his in the New York Public Library. Another fine portrait may be seen in the Art Museum, Worcester, Mass. He confined his serious artistic efforts entirely to portraits and painted every eminent Edinburgh man of his day. Among his sitters were Jeffrey, Stewart, Braxfield, Erskine and Sir Walter Scott. |
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