French engraver Nicolas de Larmessin was one of the last of the breeds who carved plates with a chisel and devoted the same intelligence and talent to composition
Italian-born Jean Discart studied under classical artist in Vienna as a young man but worked outside of the Academy during his prolific artistic career
Michigan-born Rolf Armstrong studied at Chicago’s Art Institute and under Robert Henri in New York
The discovery of the hero Achilles among Lycomedes’s daughters was a subject that the classically educated van Dyck knew well; his contemporary Rubens also portrayed it
Produced for the Admiralty, Bol’s imagining of a scene from Virgil’s Aeneid is unconcerned with historic accuracy, given the contemporary ship in the background
Catalonian-born artist Hyacinthe Rigaud produced marvelous portraits of nobility and Bourbon kings along with moving devotional pieces of Catholic piety
Rubens studied ancient statuary in Italy, reflected here in his use of the double-bust composition as well as translucent oils to conjure the Roman cameo
A Mixed-Media work of art from Barrett Evon and the Studios of Art Chateau
This Mixed-Media Masterpiece from Barrett Evon was inspired by Louis Icart's "Carousel" from 1925
Vibrant tones, illumination, pose, and background geometry all contribute to the beauty of this master-work
Patron of the Arts, William III commissioned De Lairesse to paint this and other romantic scenes from mythology for the boudoir of the royal hunting lodge, which the ruler shared with his lover Mary Stuart
This Old Testament Rubens brims with symbolic imagery
This Mixed-Media Masterpiece from Barrett Evon is a Nuanced vision of Norse Mythology, after Hans Skalitzky
This large Baroque painting is a faithful yet nuanced reproduction of the Flemish Masterpiece
Prolethic French artist Nicolas de Largilliere grew up in Antwerp, then as a young man, he gravitated to England and became the assistant to Sir Peter Lely
Italianate landscapist Claude Lorrain’s idealized, often otherworldly scenes and shaped generations of painters after him
French artist François Hubert Drouais was a student of Francois Boucher and a widely-regarded portraitist of the children of the well-heeled
French Academic painter Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was the daughter of an artist, studied under Gabriel Briard, and was personally acquainted with contemporaries Vernet and Greuze
Francois Boucher was a prolific Rococo painter of portraits, allegories, genre, history, and mythological scenes
Michigan-born Rolf Armstrong studied at Chicago's Art Institute and under Robert Henri in New York
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