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We don’t know who this family is, but the inscription on the lid of the box on the floor tells us the date: April 1, 1756.
Word and Image 6, no. 4 (October-December 1999): 359, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver
Washington, D.C., 2003: 383-387, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Nicolas Lancret was one of Antoine Watteau’s most talented followers and helped to disseminate the taste for fête-galante subjects in the eighteenth century. On the far left musicians are hidden amidst the trees, while across the canvas from left to right, arranged on an exaggerated S curve, stylishly dressed spectators have assembled in intimate groups to watch a couple perform a pas de deux.
Berlin, 2001: 13, fig. 5, 15, 36. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The exhibition of Home, Sweet Home in the spring of 1863 auspiciously marked Winslow Homer’s debut as a painter. The painting was enthusiastically admired.
Washingtonian 33, no. 11 (August 1998): 70. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Cole’s renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the „River of Life.“ Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly strives to reach an aerial castle, emblematic of the daydreams of „Youth“ and its aspirations for glory and fame. As the traveler approaches his goal, the ever-more-turbulent stream deviates from its course and relentlessly carries him toward the next picture in the series, where nature’s fury, evil demons, and self-doubt will threaten his very existence.
Chicago, 1998: 2:692. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Here he had numerous opportunities to paint portraits in which he was marvelously successful and had few equals. He painted Cavaliers and Ladies of our city and all of them so lifelike and invested with a certain air, that .
Hand, John Oliver.
Renaissance artist Raphael was famous in his own time. It is easy to understand why.
Konemann, 1998: 76-77, repro. no. 97. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Fragonard’s brushwork is as much the subject of this painting as the young woman. A flurry of rapid marks captures her blushing face.
Chicago, 2001: 70-71, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Rebecca went to the well outside her city and encountered a stranger who identified her as the answer to his prayers. The backstory, according to Genesis 24:11–22, is that the aged Abraham wanted a wife for his son Isaac and sent his senior steward to his homeland of Mesopotamia to find a suitable woman.
� Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien 1 (1999): 151. 2004 Hand, John Oliver
Filippino Lippi was the son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, who was undoubtedly the boy’s first master. After his father died in 1469, he became a pupil of Botticelli, who had a profound influence on his style.
New Haven and London, 2003: 2003: 233-237. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
