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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, famous under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother, is an 1871 oil-on-canvas painting by American-born painter James McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches (144.3 × 162.4 cm), displayed in a frame of Whistler's own design in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is now one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States.[1]
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Artist | James McNeill Whistler |
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Year | 1871 |
Type | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 144.3 cm × 162.4 cm (56.8 in × 63.9 in) |
Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Italian: La Gioconda, French: La Joconde | |
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Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
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Year | c. 1503–1519 |
Type | Oil on poplar |
Dimensions | 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in) |
Location | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506.[1] It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.[1] The ambiguity of the subject's expression, frequently described as enigmatic,[3] the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.[1]
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