13 February 1744 C 6 August 1796) was a Scottish painter, best known for historical subjects. He was born at Alloa in central Scotland. On leaving Foulis's academy of painting at Glasgow (1762), after seven years' successful study, he obtained the patronage of Lord Cathcart and of Erskine of Mar, on whose estate he had been born. Erskine made it possible for him to travel to Rome (1764), where he remained for several years engaged principally in copying the old masters. Among the original works which he then painted was the "Origin of Portraiture", now in the National Gallery at Edinburgh--representing a Corinthian maid drawing her lover's shadow--well known through Domenico Cunego's excellent engraving. This won him the gold medal given by the Academy of St Luke in the year 1773 for the best specimen of historical composition.  Related Paintings of David Allan :. | Feodosia Morozova | Memories | Princess and Burke and Wills | konsol med gul fiol | An Architectural Caprice |
Related Artists:
Charles Meurer
American Painter, 1865-1955
Eloi Firmin Feron
painted Eloi Firmin Feron in 1834
Thomas Mickell Burnham
American, 1818-1866