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Jan 1, 1490
Cecilia Gallerani. "Lady With An Ermine" (1489-1490)
"Speculation also exists over whether this painting is partially or entirely by Leonardo, or possibly by Ambrogio da Predis or Boltraffio" (Leronardo DaVinci-Lady With An Ermine). -
Jan 1, 1506
Leonardo Da Vinci. " Mona Lisa". (1503-1506)
"The portrait may have been painted to mark one of two events - either when Francesco del Giocondo and his wife bought their own house in 1503, or when their second son, Andrea, was born in December 1502 after the death of a daughter in 1499" (Mona Lisa – Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo). -
Jan 1, 1520
Rapheal. "La Fornarina". (1518-1520)
"Tradition identifies her with Margherita Luti, a Sienese woman whom Raphael loved, the daughter of a baker from the Roman district of Santa Dorotea" (RAFFAELLO Sanzio Biography). -
Orazio Gentilesch. "The Lute Player". (1596)
"Orazio's young woman listens intently to a note as it resonates in the pear–shaped body of the instrument. She may be tuning her lute in anticipation of the concert promised by the assortment of recorders, a cornetto and violin, and the song books lying open on the table before her" (National Gallery of Art::The Collection::The Lute Player). -
Rembrandt. "Young Women At An Open Half-Door" (1645)
"Though the canvas is signed and dated, ``Rembrandt f. 1645,`` scholars have attributed it to three other artists from the Dutch master`s workshop,The possibility of an attribution to Nicolaes Maes has been suggested" (Is Chicago`s `Young Woman` A `rembrandt` Or A `follower`?) -
Johannes Vermeer. "Girl With A Pearl Earring" (1665)
"Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer" (Girl With A Pearl Earring: The Story). -
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun. "Marie Antoinette Holding A Rose". (1783)
"It was quickly painted in an attempt to calm the controversy caused by the "muslin portrait." Vigée-Lebrun painted many copies. Elements of the "muslin portrait" are retained - she wears a hat and holds a rose while wearing a bertha with two flounces and a skirt with two flounces" (Grand Ladies Marie Antoinette). -
John Singer Sargent. "Lady Agnew of Lochnaw" (1892)
"Andrew Noel Agnew, a barrister who had inherited the baronetcy and estates of Lochnaw in Galloway, commissioned this painting of his young wife, Gertrude Vernon, in 1892. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy" (Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1864 - 1932)). -
Gustav Klimt. "Judith And The Head Of Holofernes." (1901)
"The painting was first shown at the 8th International Art exhibition in Munich 1901" (Judith I (und der Kopf des Holofernes) 1901). -
Pablo Picasso. "Portrait of Madame Canals" (1905)
"Ricardo Canals's wife was a beautiful Italian, Picasso portrayed her here in traditional Spanish fashion, an aloof but exotic figure in a mantilla" (Pablo Picasso ~ Portrait of Madame Canals (1905)). -
Amedeo Modigliani. "Woman With Red Hair" (1917)
"Modigliani chose not to paint landscapes, like many of his contemporaries, instead using portraiture to explore both his own psychology and that of his subjects, who were typically fellow artists or lovers" (ABOUT AMEDEO MODIGLIANI). -
Pablo Picasso. " Le Rêve". (1932)
"Le Rêve, was sold at Christie's auction house on November 11, 1997. Le Rêve sold for an unexpectedly high $48.4 million, at the time the sixth most expensive painting sold " (The Dream By Pablo Picasso). -
Frida Kahlo. "Self-Portrait Very Ugly". (1933)
"Frida was disappointed with painting when it was finished, and threw it in the trash. Lucienne Bloch, a close friend of Frida came to visit her and found the fresco in the trash can. She rescued it and took it home with her" (Frida Kahlo Paintings, Biography, Quotes). -
Emmanuel Radnitzky. "Portrait Of A Woman" (1940)
"Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, Man Ray adopted his pseudonym in 1909 and would become one of the key figures of Dada and Surrealism. One of the few American artists associated with these movements" (About man Ray). -
Andy Warhol. "Marilyn Manroe" (1967)
"The Marilyn canvases were early examples of Warhol’s use of silkscreen printing, a method the artist experimented with" (Andy Warhol's Marilyn Prints). -
Steve Mccurry. "Afghan Girl". (1985)
"The light was soft. The refugee camp in Pakistan was a sea of tents. Inside the school tent he noticed her first. Sensing her shyness, he approached her last. She told him he could take her picture. I didn’t think the photograph of the girl would be different from anything else I shot that day” (A Life Revealed). -
Lee Jefferies. "Brittany Overtown Miami". (2014)
"Through his pictures, Jeffries uncovers stories of survival, women driven to selling their bodies as a means of feeding their addiction struggling through life with nowhere else to turn" (Daily Mail)
