David worked in a progressive, even enterprising, mode, casting off his late medieval heritage and proceeding with a certain purity of vision in an age of transition.
great popularity of Netherlandish paintings in Italy, wealthy Italian merchants and bankers
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on mount, recto TRC: „93“; inscribed in ink on mount, recto BL: Nubie.“; inscribed in ink on mount, recto BC: „Vue du pronaos du Temple de Dandour. (Tropique du Cancer)“; inscribed in ink on mount, recto BR: „No
they descended the river at leisure, exploring the archaeological sites along its banks
Saint-Quentin, France, 1886–Cannes, 1966
also acted as an art advisor and agent to Raoul La Roche, the Paris-based Swiss banker
La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1887–Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, 1965
practitioner and theorist of Purism and as an art advisor and architect to the Swiss banker
shall act for me on every occasion of making arable the fields, of flooding the banks
Signature: [recto,on mat, lower right corner, in yellow colored pencil]: Louis C. TiffanyInscription: [recto, in drawing on memorial tablet, in watercolor gothic script]: Memorial Inscription / „The Soul Shall return to God
Bell, who was a well-known banker and founding member of the Church of the Redeemer
Researchers at The Met describe methods used to uncover the artist John Singer Sargent’s creative process.
of Madame Gautreau, an American from New Orleans married to a wealthy Parisian banker
received his most important commission from Tiburcio Parrott, the city’s leading banker
they descended the river at leisure, exploring the archaeological sites along its banks
Although a Hindu temple is dedicated to the glory of a deity and is aimed at helping the devotee toward moksha, its walls might justifiably contain sculptures that reflect the other three goals of life.
In addition, temple walls feature repeated banks of scroll-like foliage, images of
