18C Ladies on Horseback Honing their Gamepark Skills

 1710 Elizabeth Cahrlotte d'Orleans, Duchesse de Lorraine by Jean-Baptiste Martin

 1720 Lady on Horseback Unknown artist

 1730s Marie Leczinska Queen of France (1703-1768), riding side saddle on a white horse, the moor attendant with parasol

 1740 James Seymour (British artist, 1702–1752) Princess Amelia Sophia

 1743 Elisabeth I of Russia by Georg Christoph Grooth
 1744 Catherine the Great based on Catherine the Great of Russia while Grand Duchess by Georg Christoph Grooth

 1750 Catherine the Great of Russia after Georg Christoph Grooth

1760 George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

1762 Catherine II (1729–96) the Great of Russia by Vigilius Erichsen (1722–82)

1769 Johann Zoffany (German-born English painter, 1733-1810) The Drummond Family

1777 George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) John and Sophia Musters Out Riding at Colwick Hall

1780 George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) The Wedgewood Family 

1783 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish painter, 1746–1828) Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain on Horseback (María Teresa de Vallabriga)

 1783 Marie Antoinette in hunting attire by Louis Auguste Brun de Versoix

 1783 Marie Antoinette Riding at Versailles by Brun de Versoix

 1785 José Campeche Dama a caballo

 1789 Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange by Tethart Phillipp Christian Haag

1793  George Stubbs (English artist, 1724-1806) Laetitia, Lady Lade on Horseback 

1799 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish painter, 1746–1828) Maria Luisa,Queen of Spain on Horseback (Maria Louisa of Parma, Queen of Spain) 

Bathing in Garden Parks in 17C-18C Europe

Jan Frans van Bloemen (Flemish artist, 1652-1749) A Classical Landscape with Ladies Bathing near a Fountain

 Nicolas Lancret (French artist, 1690-1743) Women Bathing

Jean-Baptiste Pater (French artist, 1695–1736) Bathing Party in a Park 1730s

Joseph Frans Nollekens (Flemish artist, 1706-1748) Park Scene with Ladies Bathing

Georg Heinrich Hergenröder (German artist, 1736-1794) Ladies Bathing at Garden Terrace

14C Beyond Umbrella-shaped Trees - Toward More Natural Landscape Images

Charles V enthroned between Le Songe du Vergier (British Library Royal 19 C IV, fol. 1v), c 1378 painted by the Master of the Bible of Jean de Sy (formerly known as the Master of Copses–‘Le maître des boqueteaux’–because of his trademark use of grouped trees), who illuminated a number of French royal manuscripts during the reign of Charles V.

The Master of the Bible of Jean de Sy (fl. in Paris, c. 1350-1380) is named after the illumination he contributed to a Bible (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 15397) translated by Jean de Sy. Previously, he had been known as the Boqueteaux Master from the conspicuous umbrella-shaped trees (boqueteaux, in French) that feature in his landscapes. This appellation is, however, misleading as he was not alone in using this motif which had perhaps first been introduced by the Master of the Remède de Fortune (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 1586). The Jean de Sy Master’s style moves toward a greater naturalism, especially in the representation of nature. Small figures are set into verdant landscapes, often enlivened by animals (innocent bunnies here), garden flowers, plus those characteristic umbrella trees.