Gable–topped chest and linens – New Kingdom – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/688616
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This arresting portrait of an unidentified young Florentine is dated by most scholars to the 1530s. During that decade Bronzino was often engaged in painting members of a close-knit circle of acquaintances with whom he shared literary interests, and this sitter—who so conspicuously holds open a book—may be from among that group
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Until 1982, private collection; May 20, 1982 sold through Sotheby’s New York (lot 118), reputedly acquired by Barbara Piasecka Johnson; 1982-1994, reputedly, collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Princeton, NJ; December 14, 1994, acquired by Phoenix Ancient Art, purchased through Sotheby’s New York (lot 124); [with Phoenix Ancient Art S
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Until 1982, private collection; May 20, 1982 sold through Sotheby’s New York (lot 118), reputedly acquired by Barbara Piasecka Johnson; 1982-1994, reputedly, collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Princeton, NJ; December 14, 1994, acquired by Phoenix Ancient Art, purchased through Sotheby’s New York (lot 124); [with Phoenix Ancient Art S
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Greuze was of modest birth, the son of a roofer. He received his early training in Lyons and in Paris studied drawing with Charles Joseph Natoire. In 1755, after he was accepted as a candidate member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in the category of genre painter, Greuze presented five works for exhibition at the Salon
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William Roper, a Kentish landowner, lawyer, and four-time member of Parliament, was a member of Sir Thomas More’s household for more than sixteen years and married his eldest daughter, Margaret, in 1521
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