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The Artist: One of the great figures of seventeenth-century painting, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri was born in the town of Cento, not far from Ferrara. His nickname, Guercino—literally, “the little crossed-eyed�—derives from an eye defect evident in portraits of the artist
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1862–1918 Vienna) Date: 1912–13 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 59 x 43 1/
Hall Medium: Quartzite, paint Dimensions: H. 44.5 × W. 30.5 × D. 34.5 cm (17 1/
This magnificent painting by the leading painter of King Louis XIV (1638–1715)—the artist who supervised the decoration of the Louvre and Versailles and headed the Gobelins manufactory for tapestries and furniture—is a landmark in the history of French portraiture
Königsberg, 1794, vol. 1, p. 24, records seeing it in the Jabach house in Cologne
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 26, fig. 38.
475–400 BCE Culture: Celtic Medium: Silver Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/8 x 6 1/
Medium: Silver, gold foil Dimensions: H. to top of bird-demon heads: 10.8 cm (4 1/
This panel and a scene showing the Crucifixion of Christ (The Met, 43.161) come from a large dismantled retable probably made for the high altar of the former Collegiate Church (Kollegiatstift) of Sankt Maria und Sankt Georg, now the Neustädter Marienkirche, in Bielefeld
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