2026-02-18
6 分钟Hello everyone,
Tom Holland here and I am joined by the great Laura Cumming and we are looking at painting in history for paintings that reflect a particular period in history.
We'll be looking at the history of the painting itself,
the life of the artist and teasing out the mysteries that shadow all four paintings.
Today's painting, it's The Skating Minister by Henry Rayburn, the most famous painting.
in Scottish history, a painting that tells us about the Enlightenment,
about Romanticism and also of course about skating.
Hello everyone and welcome back to our ongoing series for you,
our beloved club members on Great Paintings.
how they are situated in history, the story behind them,
the story of the person who painted them, all of that kind of thing.
We've been to to Bruges in the 15th century.
We've been to Madrid in the 17th century.
And now we are going to Edinburgh in the late 18th century.
And Laura, coming with me.
Laura, you are Scottish.
You are from Edinburgh.
And I am a Scottish landowner.
So basically, I'm basically Scottish as well.
You're basically my boss.