| Portrait of Charles Frederick | |
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| Artist | Andrea Casali |
| Year | 1738 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 133.5 cm× 96.5 cm(52.6 in× 38.0 in) |
| Location | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Portrait of Charles Frederick is a 1738 portrait painting by the Italian artist Andrea Casali. It depicts the British politician Charles Frederick. Painted in Rome, it is a significant early example of the Grand Tour portrait style that became an established tradition for British visitors in Italy during the eighteenth century. He is shown seated at a table in a curtained loggia with the Pantheon in the background, and has the composition of what would become the standard Neoclassical portrait. He is shown seated at a table Stylistically it provides a bridge between Francesco Trevisani and Pompeo Batoni. [1]
Frederick was a noted antiquarian, who travelled to Italy with his brother in 1737-38. [2] He became a significant patron to Casali when he relocated to England in 1741. Today the painting is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, having been acquired in 1980. [3]
