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| Tête d'un africain, by Paul-Jean Flandrin, 1830. |
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| Thomas Law Hodges at the age of 18, by Sir William Beechey, 1794. |
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| The marquis de Saint-Paul, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, circa 1760. |
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| Henri Cartier-Bresson, by George Platt Lynes, 1935. |
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| Nikolai Petrovich Novosiltsev, by (after?) Vladimir Borovikovsky, circa 1807. |
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| John Singer Sargent, by Giovanni Boldini, circa 1884. |
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| Mr. Lewis as the Marquis in "The Midnight Hour", by Sir Martin Archer Shee, before 1792. |
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| Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1597. |
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| Gymnast Viktor Lisicki, by Dmitry Zhilinsky, 1984. |
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| Jeune homme en redingote, miniature, French School, circa 1840. |
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| Louis-Charles-Edmé de La Châtre, comte de Nançay (dit le marquis de La Châtre), by Nicolas de Largillière, circa 1710. |
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| Ernest Henry Schelling, by John Singer Sargent, 1912. |
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| Artist Nikolai Dmitrievich Kuznetsov, by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, 1884 and 1914. |
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| Portrait d'homme en buste à la veste bleue, by Ferdinand Machera, circa 1800-10. |
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| (The actual size of this minia- ture is 2 1/8 inches by 1 5/8.) |
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| Portrait of a Boy in a Top Hat with Flies, by John Opie, circa 1800. |
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| Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer, oil on copper, by Peter Paul Rubens 1597. |
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| Unknown Young Nobleman, by Jacob Ferdinand Voet, circa 1670-75. |
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| Four Studies of a Male Head, by Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1617-19. |
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| Unknown, circa late 19th century-early 20th century. (Collection Ralf de Jonge.) |
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| Portrait of a Young Man with a Violin, possibly Pierre Rode, by Jacques-Antoine Vallin, 1808. |
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| Jacopo Boncompagni, by Scipione Pulzone, called Il Gaetano, 1574. |
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| Portrait allégorique d'homme en Bacchus (once identified as the Régent, Philippe II, duc d'Orléans), by Nicolas de Largillière, circa 1680-85. |
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| Artist Miroslav Kraljević, by Vladimir Becić, 1908. |
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| Steve Wengryn, by Vulcan Studio, circa late 1950s. |
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| Portrait de jeune homme barbu dit l'Albinos, by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, circa last quarter of the 19th century. |
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| Sir Graham Moore, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, circa 1792. |
And a lovely, diverse collection of men it is!
ReplyDeleteDid you find any info on why the upper half of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex's face is white/silver?
ReplyDeleteHe does look odd, doesn't he? I've heard one opinion that in this portrait he is wearing the heavy white makeup famously employed by his Queen, but I think that's unlikely; as far as I'm aware, it wasn't a fashion for men to wear makeup at the time. I've seen many other portraits of the Earl, several of them by or after the same artist - Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - and in all of them he has a pale but otherwise normal coloring. I'm guessing this is just some fluke, some whim of the artist, an exaggeration of his pallor at a time when extreme pallor was considered beautiful and a sign of nobility - and then he just went a bit too far? Or maybe an alteration in the paint over time, or because of something done during restoration of the painting? But, really, I don't know. Very good question! : )
DeleteVakker portrett av den fysiske modellen Steve Wengryn av Vulcan/Anthony Guyther.
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