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Look Closer: Portrait of a Young Woman
Once mistaken for Petrarch’s Laura, this young woman from Siena glances at us with a half smile. Up close, her…
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Look Closer: Lima Woman
A fruit seller in a white hat sits on a Lima doorstep with avocados, cherimoyas and a woven basket: a…
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Look Closer: Ono no Komachi
A poet in fashionable silks, a folded fan and a branch of fallen cherry blossoms: Chōbunsai Eishi’s elegant print of…
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Look Closer: Portrait of a Woman with Flowers
Powdered curls, rosy cheeks and a basket of garden flowers: Jean-Marc Nattier’s portrait of an elegant French lady is a…
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Look Closer: Girl in a Green Blouse
A long neck, pale almond eyes and a mint-green blouse: up close, Modigliani’s 1917 portrait shows how a sculptor’s eye…
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Look Closer: Autumn
A young woman pauses on a path of blazing leaves: up close, Winslow Homer’s Autumn is all velvet, lace, maple…
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Look Closer: Madame Moitessier
Ingres first refused to paint her. Then he painted her twice. Up close, her roses, pearls, lace and stacked gold…
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Portraits
Faces across the centuries. Who these people were, what they wore and what their portraits tell us.
Goodie Letter Club
Art That Arrives in Your Mailbox
A monthly letter, a fine-art print and a few paper goodies, hand-assembled and mailed to your door.