Venus and Cupid by Giuseppe Piamontini https://www.nga.gov/artworks/54190-venus-and-cupid
Los Angeles, 2003: 244, 248 n. 5. 2005 Orsi, Carlo.
Los Angeles, 2003: 244, 248 n. 5. 2005 Orsi, Carlo.
A close friend of Whistler, George Washington Vanderbilt II commissioned this full-length portrait in 1897 to hang in Biltmore House, his enormous château on 125,000 acres of wilderness near Asheville, North Carolina. The artist quickly responded, „I could not ask for a more sympathetic subject than yourself and therefore am greatly pleased at the prospect of painting your portrait!“
1980, no. 255, repro. 1981 American Portraiture in the Grand Manner: 1720-1920, Los
Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
History 2009 The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los
Cervantes, Puebla de Los Angeles en el año de mil novecientos treinta y tres, 1935
1995 Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
This portrait by Cecilia Beaux portrays the artist’s cousin, Sarah Allibone Leavitt, dressed in white with her black cat on her shoulder. Beaux was recognized not only for her bold painting technique, but also for her ability to imbue her female subjects with wit and intelligence, rendering them more than just mere objects of beauty.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974-1975, no. 42. 1976 Women Artists: 1550–1950, Los
Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
Novelist Laila Lalami and curator and head of French paintings Mary Morton discuss the histories and legacies surrounding Renoir’s imagined portrayal of an Algerian woman.
in Paris – My name is Laila Lalami and I am a novelist and essayist based in Los