Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les Premiers pas (First Steps) c.1859–1866 Black chalk and pastel on wove paper, 29.5 x 45.9 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland At the time this drawing was made, many critics disparaged Millet‘s depictions of peasants as politically…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed) 1859 Oil on panel, 32.1 x 27 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Sarah Cox in Sussex, England, modelled frequently for Rossetti, becoming not only his…
Museums: • Portland Museum of Art: 7 Congress Sq, Portland, ME 04101, United States Births: • Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) See also: • Cities | USA
(1807–1882) Works: • Courtship of Miles Standish Minnehaha Edition (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Complete (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Hell (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Paradise (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Purgatory (English) • Evangeline:…
(1899–1961) Ernest Miller Hemingway Works: • In our time (English) • Three Stories & Ten Poems (English) Born July 21 1899 Oak Park, IL (USA) Died July 2 1961 Ketchum, ID (USA) Cause of death Suicide Occupation Journalist Novelist Occupation…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Velázquez‘s abilities as both painter and observer make him one of the great portraitists of Western painting; this early work is…
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