Packet 3: Tossup 17

Swagger portraits in the “grand manner” became popular in this country after an artist published the treatise Discourses on Art. In a double portrait from this country, a dog, a man holding a rifle and his wife (15[3])in a blue (15[1])dress appear adjacent (-5[2])to a pastoral scene. In a painting from this country, (-5[1])figures representing Pity and (-5[1])Terror appear behind a model portraying the Tragic Muse, (*) Sarah Siddons. (10[2])A painter (10[1])from this country went against his rival’s advice with a portrait of a boy on a yellow background who wears all blue. For (10[1])10 points, name this home country of Thomas Gainsborough (10[2])and Joshua Reynolds, (10[1])who founded the Royal Academy of Art. (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[1])

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