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Brave Companions: Portraits in History is a 1991 book by the American historian David McCullough. The book consists of previously published essays, most of which are biographical portraits of a specific historical figure or group of figures. It is divided into five sections. [1]
Gedolim pictures are photos or sketches of (or attributed to) famous rabbis, known as gedolim (Hebrew for "great people"), [1] who are admired by Jews. It is a cultural phenomenon found largely in the Orthodox and more specifically Haredi Jewish communities.
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam by Hans Holbein the Younger. Authentic portraits are ideal, but none exist for the vast majority of historic personalities. Where they exist, authentic portraits, i.e. artistic depictions of a person that purport to provide an individualized, authentic representation of that person's unique looks, based either directly or indirectly on a witness's first-hand ...
[s 1] [s 2] The Artist's Studio: 1837 Louis Daguerre: Paris, France Daguerreotype [s 2] Boulevard du Temple: 1838 Louis Daguerre Paris, France Daguerreotype The earliest surviving photograph depicting people: a person working as a shoeshiner and an individual having his shoes shined. [5] [s 1] [s 3] Self‐Portrait as a Drowned Man [b] 18 ...
The portrait measures 83 cm × 67.3 cm (32.7 in × 26.5 in) and is inscribed at top right Æ'TA SVÆ 26/Aº1624, which expands to aetatis suae 26, anno 1624 in Latin and means that the portrait was painted when the sitter was 26 and in the year 1624, and was therefore born in 1597 or 1598. [5]
Folk art in the United States refers to the many regional types of tangible folk art created by people in the United States of America.Generally developing in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when settlers revived artistic traditions from their home countries in a uniquely American way, folk art includes artworks created by and for a large majority of people.
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Self-portrait: Giovanna Fratellini: 1720 2064 Self-portrait: Violante Beatrice Siries: 1750s Self-portrait: Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria: 1750s 2065 Self-Portrait in the Traditional Costume of the Bregenz Forest, Seated at her Easel: Angelica Kauffman: 1757 4444 Self-portrait: Anton Raphael Mengs: 1773 1927 Self-portrait: Maria Cosway: 1778 ...