Allan Ramsay (artist)

For other people with the same name, see Allan Ramsay.

Allan Ramsay
c. 1737 self-portrait of Ramsay
Born(1713-10-13)13 October 1713
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died10 August 1784(1784-08-10) (aged 70)
Dover, Kent, England
EducationLondon (1733–36, under Hans Huyssing, and at the St. Martin's Lane Academy); Rome (1736–9, under Francesco Solimena and Francesco Fernandi)
Known forPortraiture
MovementClassicism
PatronsDuncan Forbes,
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater,
George III

Allan Ramsay (13 October 1713 – 10 August 1784) was a Scottish painter who specialised in portrait painting.

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