Which painting by David Allan is the most widely known?Display the answer
Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore (1789), Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. The following entries are The Uncultivated Genius (1775) and Joseph Nolleken (1770).
What was the age of David Allan when Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore was painted?Display the answer
45 years: David Allan was born in 1744 and Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore is dated 1789.
Which ten paintings by David Allan are the best known?Display the answer
Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore, The Uncultivated Genius, Joseph Nolleken, Peasant woman of a town in the Kingdom of Naples, James Colvin, The Family of the Island of Procida with Vesuvius in the Background, Jean Duff (1746 1805), Lady Grant, Anne Forbes (1745–1834), Artist, Sir John Halkett of Pitfirrane (1720–1793), 4th Baronet, Mary Hamilton, Lady Halkett and their Family og James Erskine (1722–1796), Lord Alva, and his Family. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.
How many works by David Allan are documented?Display the answer
The catalogue records 58 works by David Allan, dated between 1761 and 1793.
Which museums hold the best-known paintings of David Allan?Display the answer
Principally in Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh), Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh) og National Trust For Scotland (Alloa). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
In which period were David Allan's best-known works painted?Display the answer
In 1780s: 22 of the 58 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore.
Which are the earliest and latest dated works by David Allan on this list?Display the answer
The earliest dated work listed here is The Interior of the Foulis Academy of Fine Arts (1761); the latest is The Spreull Family (1793).
Which subjects recur most in the work of David Allan?Display the answer
18th century (10), Portraiture (5) og Portrait (4), out of the 58 works listed on this page.
Which medium predominates in the work of David Allan?Display the answer
Oil On Canvas, in 5 of the 58 works listed on this page.
With which art movement is David Allan associated?Display the answer
Neoclassicism, as documented by the works on this page.
Which works by David Allan are in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery?Display the answer
Lead Processing at Leadhills Pounding the Ore, The Uncultivated Genius og Sir John Halkett of Pitfirrane (1720–1793), 4th Baronet, Mary Hamilton, Lady Halkett and their Family are among the 17 works on this page in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
Are reproductions of paintings by David Allan available?Display the answer
Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.