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hosted foreign diplomats, and did business with Flemish art dealers and Italian bankers
Following renovation, 500 sub-Saharan African works highlight major movements—one-fourth on view for the first time—spanning the Middle Ages to today.
Segu: A Citadel on the Banks of the Niger Although Segu’s residents prior to the
Gericault’s lifelong interest in animal themes is best known through his love of horses. He had an intimate knowledge of horses, which he derived not only from drawing and painting them continually but also from developing his skills as an equestrian
Jean-Georges Schickler: Of Swiss origin, the Schickler family were well established as bankers
How is Black dandyism integral to Black identity and the history of fashion?
for Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and then his own label, iconic designer Jeffrey Banks
The Painting and its History: The greatest portraitist of noblemen at the court of Philip IV in Spain, Velázquez was also a master of making vibrant likenesses, often bust-length, of less high-standing sitters
Before being accepted as a likeness of the Portuguese banker Ferdinando Brandini,
Watteau, the son of a roofer, left Valenciennes for Paris about 1702 to work there as a copyist and assistant to Claude Gillot (1673–1722) and Claude III Audrun (1658–1734). He became interested in theater and fell under the spell of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
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The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Degas belonged to a family of bankers and businessmen based in Paris, Naples, and
Before 1903–After 1973
main content Max Pellequer Before 1903–After 1973 Max Pellequer was a French banker
Aachen, 1883–Aachen, 1923
heritage but born and raised in Germany, Suermondt descended from a family of wealthy bankers
In the poem of the Gita Govida, Jayadeva’s landscape is probably the landscape of Orissa and West Bengal, which he knew very well. (1) He describes mango trees clasped by madhaviand atimukta creepers
probable patron of this Series, resided, as well as the countryside along the banks
