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I'm associate director for research and publications at the Getty Research Institute.

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By Gail Feigenbaum | Published: June 9, 2014
Decourcy McIntosh, Thomas Gaehtgens, and Gail Feigenbaum
In the Special Collections Reading Room, workshop participants look inside an art dealer's photograph album. Foreground, left to right: independent scholar Decourcy McIntosh, Research Institute director Thomas Gaehtgens, and associate director Gail Feigenbaum.

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      floating-world-pictures:

      thegetty:

      This patron goes full-on Minerva and protects her son with a shield while her husband is away. Also, an owl. 

      Allegorical Portrait of the Van Risamburgh Family, 1790, Joseph Chinard

      Oh, I always loved this sculpture!  If I remember correctly, the son is leaning on his father’s sword?  But I haven’t visited it in ages and it’s hard to tell in these pics.

      Indeed! He’s propped up on a pile of armor and is indeed holding a dagger or sword too big for him in his right hand. Maybe easier to see here? 

      03/06/15

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