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| Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of a Young Man ca. 1613-15 oil on panel Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| Paulus van Somer I Portrait of a Young Woman ca. 1620 oil on panel Denver Art Museum |
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| Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi) Portrait of a Boy ca. 1650 oil on copper Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of the Marquise d'Usson de Bonnac 1707 oil on canvas Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Henri Rousseau Girl with Doll ca. 1892 oil on canvas Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris |
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| Edward Steichen Cyclamen: Mrs. Philip Lydig (Rita de Acosta) ca. 1905 carbon print Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Joseph Simpson Portrait of Field Marshal Roberts ca. 1910 watercolor and ink on paper Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Alfred Stieglitz Ellen Koeniger, Lake George 1916 gelatin silver print Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| Konstantin Somov Lady with a Dog 1928 gouache on paper Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| August Sander Schoolteacher 1928 gelatin silver print San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
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| Rosalind Solomon William Eggleston - Memphis, Tennessee 1977 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Akiyoshi Taniguchi Two Priests in the Car, Los Angeles 1986 inkjet print San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
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| David Robbins Jenny Holzer 1986 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Thomas Ruff Portrait (R. Eisch) 1999 C-print Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York |
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| Leo Rubinfien Calle de Serrano, Madrid 2004 inkjet print National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Lucas Samaras Cindy Sherman 2010 inkjet print National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Julian Schnabel Portrait of arts patron Agnes Gund 2021 oil paint, auto-body filler and broken plates on panel Museum of Modern Art, New York |
from Statement
One charms by thickness of wrist; one by variety of positions; one has a beautiful skin, one a fascinating smell. One has prominent eyes, is bold at accosting. One has water sense; he can dive like a swallow without using his hands. One is obeyed by dogs, one can bring down snipe on the wing. One can do cart wheels before theatre queues; one can slip through a narrow ring. One with a violin can conjure up images of running water; one is skilful at improvising a fugue; the bowel tremors at the pedal-entry. One amuses by pursing his lips; or can imitate the neigh of a randy stallion. One casts metal in black sand; one wipes the eccentrics of a great engine with cotton waste. One jumps out of windows for profit.
– W.H. Auden, The Orators (1931)