Charles Jervas

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Self-portrait by Charles Jervas, around 1725

Charles Jervas or Charles Jarvis (* 1675 in County Offaly , † 1739 in London ) was a well-known Irish painter , translator and art collector of the 18th century.

biography

Charles Jervas was a son of the landowner John Jervas and his wife Lady Elizabeth Baldwin, daughter of John Baldwin of Shinrone Castle & Corolanty. He grew up with his siblings near Dublin. His parents recognized his talent for painting early on. Between 1694 and 1695 Jervas studied with Godfrey Kneller at the Kneller Academy of Painting and Drawing in London. With financial help from his family and the money from the sale of Raphael replicas to All Souls College (1698), Jervas was able to go on a study trip to Italy .

On his return to England in 1709, Charles Jervas married a wealthy widow, Penelope Hume († 1747), and lived in Hampton . During this time he painted his first portraits, including Joseph Addison , Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope . After the death of his teacher and mentor Godfrey Kneller in 1723, King George I appointed him court painter. He also held this position under his son and successor, King George II . In 1736 Jervas translated the novel Don Quixote by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes into English (published in 1742). On behalf of the king, Jervas traveled to Italy again in 1738 to buy paintings by the Old Masters . Shortly after his return, Charles Jervas, who had suffered from asthma for years , died of an infection in London. After his death, his heirs sold his art collection - the sale is said to have lasted a full nine days.

Works (selection)

literature

  • William Kurtz Wimsatt: The Portraits of Alexander Pope , Yale (1965)
  • James Mulraine: The British Face - 400 years of British, Irish, and colonial portraiture , (2002)

Web links

Commons : Charles Jervas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Denys Sutton, Aspects of Irish Art . National Gallery of Ireland. Cahill & Co. 1974. p. 109.
personal data
SURNAME Jervas, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jarvis, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish painter, translator and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH County Offaly
DATE OF DEATH 1739
Place of death London