A painting may provide a “window� into a different world. Here, the painting is itself a window, and it reveals a world dizzy with color and movement.
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–B.-S. Chardin et de J.-H. Fragonard.
A ragtag group of people gathers around an elderly man holding a violin. He pauses, as if interrupted mid performance, and gazes directly at us.
Wehle, Harry B.
B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.
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Kress Collection, 1952.2.6.b The Archangel Gabriel [middle left panel] The Archangel
When his friend Marcotte first suggested that Ingres paint Ines Moitessier, the wife of a financier and jurist, he demurred. Ingres changed his mind after being struck by her „terrible et belle tête“ (terrible and beautiful head.) The author Théophile Gautier described her as „Junolike,“ and Ingres presents her with the imposing remoteness of a Roman goddess.
1850-1934], by 1921;[2] probably her son, François,[3] comte Taillepied de Bondy [b.
Links, 2 vols., Oxford, 1989: 2:nos. 40, 50, 85 [b], 154, 131, 171, 236, 334, discusses
Idol-Phobia in the Spanish Empire: Translating the Sacred at the Escorial Marius B.
This painting is regarded as one of the finest of all Titian’s portraits. Doge Andrea Gritti’s ferocious expression and imposing figure convey an awe-inspiring authority.
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After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
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