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Our August 2019 newsletter is here, filled with upcoming lectures, public programs, films, and more. Read it now: https://t.co/aauyr0dhAv [Winslow Homer, "Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)," 1873-1876]

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2019-08-03

Do I always find the St. Sebastians, or do they find me? 🤔 In any case, I was happy to stumble upon this painted terra cotta . It lacks the tell-tale arrows, but the empty punctures still seem brutal. ca. 1492.

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2019-07-25

The has a swoon-worthy gallery of paintings. I always love it when they include hints of somewhere in the background, as in Laocoön, ca. 1610-14 & Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597-99.

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2019-04-25

I have this weird obsession with contemplating just how many casts of Rodin's The Age of Bronze (L'Age d'Airain) exist in the world. It was modeled in 1875-6, but cast for many years after. These two versions are both from the collection.

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2019-04-23

Ahhhh... Sometimes you get to sit in the El Greco gallery all by yourself. Detail, Laocoön, ca. 1610-1614.

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2018-02-20