- The price tag on Portrait of Omai by Joshua Reynolds is a staggering £50m – far more than has ever been paid for an 18th-century picture and puts it out of...
- Previously called Portrait of Omai, it will now be known as Portrait of Mai (Omai), reflecting the subject’s true name.
- By Heloise Pinto. An export application submitted for Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai (c.1776) by its owner, Irish businessman John Magnier, was denied...
- The outstanding 18th-century Portrait of Omai by Sir Joshua Reynolds exemplifies the importance of the export bar process.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting depicts Pacific Islander Omai who arrived in London in 1774. The Portrait of Omai is currently in the National Portrait Gallery in...
- A portrait of Omai by Joshua Reynolds. Photo: Alamy. In 1774, Omai (real name Mai), a Polynesian in her early twenties, arrived in London.
- Joshua Reynolds’ 1776 masterpiece ‘Portrait of Omai’ depicts a Polynesian noble. The National Portrait Gallery will learn tomorrow whether it can keep painting.
- Joshua Reynolds. The Portrait of Omai. ... The Portrait of Omai. Date of Creation: 1776. Alternative Names: Omai. Height (cm): 236.00.
- Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Omai is now hanging in London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) on loan, although not on public view (the gallery is still...