When Thomas Sully painted fifteen-year-old Eliza Ridgely in the spring of 1818, he was widely regarded as America’s leading artist. Particularly noted for his graceful images of women, he was a natural choice to paint this Baltimore merchant’s daughter.
1955, no. 32, repro. 1981 American Portraiture in the Grand Manner: 1720-1920, Los
Knoedler and Co., New York, 05/03/1973–06/03/1973 Los Angeles County Museum of
Adriaen de Vries won international fame for active bronze figures that reflect both his study of nature and his training in Florence with Giovanni Bologna, the greatest 16th-century sculptor after Michelangelo. De Vries’s complicated poses continued the style known as mannerism, but he also saw ancient bronze sculpture as a model to surpass.
Paul Getty Mus., Los Angeles, 1998-2000, no. 24, repro., as Allegory of Imperium
(Thomas Colville, New Haven); purchased 1979 by Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Los
In contrast to the man with whom she shares this outdoor scene, the female figure is incongruously naked. Her features seem generalized.
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
2005 Max Liebermann: From Realism to Impressionism, Skirball Cultural Center, Los
York, April 25-May 24, 2019 2020 Robert Longo: Storm of Hope, Jeffrey Deitch, Los
.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Parrish
Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Cincinnati Art Museum; University of California, Los
Norton Simon, Los Angeles.
