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Dear “Woman in Blue,” Let Me Tell You Of…

By Anne Martens | Published: March 1, 2013
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“You will be forgotten. Your image, however, will be immortal. Through it, you will travel far—not by horse and cart, or merchant ship, but through the sky…” More»

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Getty Voices: The Power of Vermeer

By Anne Woollett | Published: February 18, 2013
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Vermeer’s newly arrived Woman in Blue Reading a Letter seems calmly at home in our galleries—but introduces a distinctive new presence. More»

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      Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Rape of Proserpina, 1622.

      Bernini completed his first bust at the age of 10! He was not only a prolific sculptor (and child prodigy), but was also a painter, draftsman and architect.


      06/19/13

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