Saturday, January 3, 2026

 Philippe Mercier
(1691 - 1760)

Philippe Mercier was an artist of French Huguenot descent from the German realm of Brandenburg-Prussia (later Kingdom of Prussia), usually defined to French school. Active in England for most of his working life, Mercier is considered one of the first practitioners of the Rococo style, and is credited with influencing a new generation of 18th-century English artists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mercier


The Sense of Sight
1744 to 1747
Oil on canvas
132 cm x 153 cm 
The Yale Centre of British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:178

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