Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante

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oil painting painting

Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante is a celebrated late-18th-century painting by George Romney depicting Emma, Lady Hamilton in the guise of a Bacchante, embodying neoclassical ideals and romantic sensuality.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Portrait of Lady Hamilton as Nature	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artisticStyle	neoclassical portraiture ⓘ romanticized classicism ⓘ
artisticTheme	classical mythology ⓘ feminine beauty ⓘ romantic sensuality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	George Romney NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality	British ⓘ
culturalContext	late 18th-century British art ⓘ
depicts	Bacchante ⓘ Emma, Lady Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictsCostume	classical drapery ⓘ
depictsEmotion	ecstatic abandon ⓘ sensuality ⓘ
depictsMythologicalFigureType	follower of Dionysus ⓘ
depictsRolePlay	historical costume portrait ⓘ
genre	portrait ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later romantic portraiture of women in mythological guise ⓘ
hasSubjectRelationship	muse-artist relationship between Emma, Lady Hamilton and George Romney ⓘ
hasTitle	Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconography	Bacchic imagery ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
inception	late 18th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Dionysian imagery ⓘ Emma, Lady Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor	integration of neoclassical ideals with romantic emotion ⓘ sensuous portrayal of Emma, Lady Hamilton ⓘ theatrical characterization ⓘ
partOf	Romney’s series of portraits of Emma, Lady Hamilton ⓘ
portrays	Emma, Lady Hamilton as a mythological figure NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOccupation	artist’s muse ⓘ society beauty ⓘ

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George Romney → notableWork → Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portrait of Lady Hamilton as Nature