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Piquete (Mexican, active 1870s), El pueblo merece malos gobernantes cuando los tolera
New School for Social Research, New York (1931–82; unveiled January 1, 1931; sold in May 1982 to Maurice Segoura Gallery); [Maurice Segoura Gallery, New York, 1982–84; sold on February 1, 1984 to Equitable Life]; The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA), New York (1984–2012; their gift to MMA)
Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles) (November 24, 1930), p. 17, ill.
The Artist: Simon Vouet (see fig. 1 above) is one of a number of major artists, among whom are Jusepe de Ribera, Valentin de Boulogne, Gerrit van Honthorst, and Bartolomeo Manfredi, who worked in Rome in the immediate aftermath of Caravaggio’s death and absorbed his dramatic treatment of expressive lighting, startling naturalism, and psychologically penetrating approach to narrative subjects
own right who modeled for some of his paintings (for example, the Magdalen in the Los
Gérôme specialized in a brand of photographic realism which, from the 1840s onward, distinguished him from the increasingly stale Neoclassical style promulgated by the followers of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Paris, 2010, p. 260, fig. 122 (color).
Found at Colle del Capitano near Monteleone di Spoleto by Isidoro Vannozzi on February 8, 1902 (Scientific American 1903, p. 385; Robinson 1906, p. 83). 1902, discovered by Isidoro Vannozzi; [purchased by Benedetto Petrangeli from I
Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History. p. 168, fig. 149a, Los Angeles: J.
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Los Angeles: A.I.C., 2009.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Knights—hailed as one of the ensembles paving “the future for classical music in America” (Los
Signature: Lower left of image: PosadaInscription: Inscribed across top: Regalo de Calaveras … en prueba de puro amor; lower left: [verse relating to the subject of the print]; Along bottom of sheet: México
Los aguadores eran muy visibles en Ciudad de México y el intercambio tiene que ver
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
Los Angeles, 2000, pp. 5, 27, fig. 2 (color), notes that the genre pictures painted
This painting, one of the key works of Ter Borch’s maturity, probably dates from about 1660–62. Though it was painted when the artist lived in Deventer, the luxurious interior and elegantly attired figures evoke the cosmopolitan milieu of Amsterdam
Los Angeles, 2024, p. 77, fig. 49 (color), notes that in this painting, with the
