Comments on: Name Those Irises (and Win a Book from Getty Publications) http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/ The online magazine of the Getty Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barbara Malone http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-55 Barbara Malone Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:10:33 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-55 I'm thinking Raphael. I’m thinking Raphael.

]]> By: Karen Schifman http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-54 Karen Schifman Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:01:57 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-54 Raphael? Is not anyone thinking of how amazing Mona Lisa's eyes are? Raphael?
Is not anyone thinking of how amazing Mona Lisa’s eyes are?

]]> By: George Pal. http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-53 George Pal. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:30:47 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-53 Edgar Degas, Self Portrait. He should've been about 22 when he painted this one. Edgar Degas, Self Portrait.

He should’ve been about 22 when he painted this one.

]]> By: Cathy http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-50 Cathy Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:41:41 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-50 Those are the eyes of Raphael. They are also seen in the painting, The School of Athens. Those are the eyes of Raphael. They are also seen in the painting, The School of Athens.

]]> By: Holly http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-49 Holly Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:49:58 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-49 I recognized those eyes immediately as Degas' self portrait in the museum's collection - but didn't see the blog until a few days later. Fun game though, but a little easy for these art savvy readers. I recognized those eyes immediately as Degas’ self portrait in the museum’s collection – but didn’t see the blog until a few days later. Fun game though, but a little easy for these art savvy readers.

]]> By: Mary Costas http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-42 Mary Costas Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:00:05 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-42 This is a self portrait by Edgar Degas. If not the same painting, it is one of those rendered by the artist in the West Pavilion. Mary Costas This is a self portrait by Edgar Degas. If not the same painting, it is one of those rendered by the artist in the West Pavilion. Mary Costas

]]> By: Annelisa Stephan http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-41 Annelisa Stephan Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:43:18 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-41 Hi Mastaneh -- You are right, almost! The <a href="//www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/hilaire-germain-edgar-degas" rel="nofollow">Degas Self-Portrait in the Muséee d'Orsay</a> is similar, but the one shown here is in the Getty Museum's collection. The Musée d'Orsay portrait was painted a couple of years earlier. Hi Mastaneh — You are right, almost! The Degas Self-Portrait in the Muséee d’Orsay is similar, but the one shown here is in the Getty Museum’s collection. The Musée d’Orsay portrait was painted a couple of years earlier.

]]> By: Nate Rodholm http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-40 Nate Rodholm Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:12:22 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-40 It is Degas. Painted 1957-1858 It is Degas. Painted 1957-1858

]]> By: Mary http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-39 Mary Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:01:37 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-39 I think the eyes are Vermeer's the girl with the pearl earring. I think the eyes are Vermeer’s the girl with the pearl earring.

]]> By: james behm http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/name-those-irises/#comment-38 james behm Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:28:42 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/the_iris/?p=44#comment-38 These eyes are those of Rembrandt at a very young age. These eyes are those of Rembrandt at a very young age.

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