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| "Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung" (Faith, Love, Hope), by Michael Triegel, 2010. |
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| Andrea Vocarro, circa 1640. |
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| Joachim Wtewael, 1600. |
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| (In the style of?) Pierre & Gilles, ND. |
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| Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), circa 1632-34. |
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| Giuseppe Vermiglio, circa 1621. |
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| Antonio Bellucci, circa 1716-1718. |
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| Juan de Valdés Leal, second half of the seventeenth century. |
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| From the American Pyrography series, by Robert Sherer. after 1999. |
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| Erzsébet Korb, circa 1921. |
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| Hans Holbein the Elder, 1516. |
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| Tazzio Paris (?), ND. |
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| Guido Reni and Francesco Albani (while they were students of Carracci), circa 1595-98. |
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| Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, 1625. |
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| Nicolas Régnier, circa 1620. |
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| "King Sebastian", by Carlos Barahona Possollo, 1992. |
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| Marco D'Oggiono, 1520. |
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| Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, circa 1500-02. |
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| Alfred Courmes, 1934. |
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| Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1608. |
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| Mishima as St. Sebastian, by Kishin Shinoyama, 1968. (Two images.) |
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| Hans Memling, circa 1475. |
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| José de Ribera, 1648. |
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| The studio Jan Van Scorel, 1542. |
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| Mark Nixon, by the Western Photography Guild, circa 1950s. |
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| School of Nicolas Régnier, first half of the seventeenth century. |
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| Marcantonio Bassetti, circa 1620. |
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| Francesco Furini, second quarter of the seventeenth century. |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1850-51. |
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| Kristyn Brown, circa 2015. |
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| Carl Schwalbach, 1918. |
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| Bronzino, circa 1533. |
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| Lorenzo Lotto, 1531. |
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| Ronaldo Gutierrez, circa 2009. |
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| School of Caravaggio, 1607. |
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| Paul Troger, circa 1746. |
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| Lodovico Carracci, second half of the sixteenth century. |
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| Gustavo Ramirez Cruz, circa 2014. |
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| Sir Anthony van Dyck, 1620-21. |
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| Andrea Mantegna, 1506. |
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| Owe Zerge, twentieth century. |
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| School of Giovanni Domenico Cerrini, seventeenth century. |
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| Phil Lambert, by the Western Photography Guild, circa 1950s. |
You've outdone yourself! A staggeringly diverse array...so many surprises. And what a pleasant change from straining to "like" those official portraits of the former President and his wife, which have dominated Facebook today.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes! As I said there, I don't hate them at all. And I love the context, the statement their creation makes. It's just that I mourn the current disregard for most of the classical precepts of portraiture. I still think a portrait should be a fairly accurate representation of the subject's appearance, without undue exaggeration or idealization. And while a portrait will always be to - some - degree subjective, I think the finished work ought to tell us much more about the subject than the artist. I think both portraits fail in these regards. Ach, this modern world in which we live.... ; )
DeleteIn full agreement once again, specifically your last point. The Obama portraits drew attention to the "brand" style of each artist.
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