老年人威廉·皮特的肖像 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	老年人威廉·皮特的肖像
品名（英）	Portrait of William Pitt the Elder
入馆年号	2010年，2010.560
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	William Hoare【1707 至 1792】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1749 - 公元 1759
创作地区	原产国: 大不列颠联合王国（Country of Origin: United Kingdom）
分类	图画（Drawings）
尺寸	页: 15 1/8 x 11 1/2 英寸 (38.4 x 29.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	1737年，威廉·霍尔从罗马学习回到英国，定居在温泉小镇巴斯。这让他无需与主宰伦敦肖像市场的约书亚·雷诺兹爵士和艾伦·拉姆齐竞争，就能接触到主要的赞助人。威廉·皮特四十七岁时，他用粉笔画了这幅生动的画，暂时放弃了政治，退休到巴斯护理他反复发作的痛风。霍尔小心翼翼地摆出他的保姆的姿势，把他突出的鼻子放低，把他打扮成一位富有的绅士。快速的粉笔画让人联想到天鹅绒夹克和简单的白色颈托，而眉毛和眼睛周围的细腻触感则传达出集中的智慧。肖像画制作两年后，皮特被提升为国务卿和下议院领袖，并在这些职位上指导英国在七年战争中取得成功。
介绍（英）	In 1737 William Hoare returned to England from studies in Rome and settled in the spa town of Bath. That gave him access to leading patrons without having to compete with Sir Joshua Reynolds and Allan Ramsay, who dominated the London portrait market. He made this lively chalk drawing of William Pitt when the latter was forty-seven and had temporarily abandoned politics and retired to Bath to nurse his recurrent gout. Hoare posed his sitter carefully, underplaying his prominent nose and dressing him as a prosperous gentleman. Rapid strokes of chalk suggest a velvet jacket and simple white neck-stock while delicate touches around the brows and eyes convey concentrated intelligence. Two years after the portrait was made, Pitt was elevated to Secretary of State and leader of the House of Commons and in those positions guided Britain to success in the Seven Years’ War.