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Question of the Week: Demure or Coquettish? Revealing or Concealing?

Can an artist do justice to a beautiful woman? Bust of Madame Recamier, Joseph Chinard, about 1801–1802. Terracotta, 24 7/8 in. high. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 88.SC.42 This sensuous terracotta bust by...

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Cellini Gets a Rival

Double Head, Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, 1504–1570), about 1543–56. Bronze, 15 13/16 in. high. The J. Paul Getty Museum A beautiful bronze Double Head, attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco...

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A “French ‘Mona Lisa’” Comes to L.A.: Manet’s “Portrait of Madame Brunet”

Museum-quality paintings by Édouard Manet still remaining in private hands are exceptionally rare, and the Getty Museum is extremely fortunate in its most recent addition to the paintings collection:...

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A Love Story Told in Pictures

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, subjects of a new exhibition at the Getty Center, were madly in love with each other…and with the camera Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1854, Roger Fenton (British,...

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Power in a Mummy Portrait

Look closely at this beautiful mummy portrait on display at the Getty Villa and you’ll find powerful signs of wealth, status, and beauty Mummy Portrait of a Woman (detail), about A.D. 100–110,...

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A 17th-Century Face-Off

Why are crudely designed pinups included in an exhibition on the fine art of printmaking? Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1661. Robert Nanteuil after Nicolas Mignard. Engraving. The Getty...

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A Double-Sided Drawing Brings a Baron to Life

Jean-Étienne Liotard used an unusual technique to illuminate an 18th-century portrait of the Baron de Lubières Portrait of Charles Benjamin de Langes de Montmirail, Baron de Lubières, about 1760,...

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An Alternative Beauty Pageant

Tonight is the Miss Universe pageant, in which contestants vied for a title and a Trump Tower apartment by donning swimsuits, evening gowns, and out-there costumes. (Update—Mexico won.) But beauty...

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Robert Weingarten on His Photography

Robert Weingarten’s work spans the possibilities of photography—from traditional black-and-white prints to digital mashups composed entirely in Photoshop. In advance of his lecture at the Getty Center...

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In Need of a Géricault “Fix”

Even though it’s been more than a decade, I remember it as though it were yesterday. Like so many art history students, I made my first pilgrimage to the Louvre—tantamount to mecca for an art nerd like...

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Question of the Week: Is It Better for a Leader to Be Loved, or Feared?

Question of the Week is a series inspired by our Masterpiece of the Week tours, offered daily at 4:00 p.m. Featuring an open and upbeat discussion among visitors and gallery teachers, the tours feature...

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Question of the Week: Does Art Have to Be Serious?

Nowadays, seeing a silly picture of a person is hardly unusual. Showing personality is a good thing. Social customs weren’t quite the same in 18th-century France, when Joseph Ducreux painted this...

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Question of the Week: Demure or Coquettish? Revealing or Concealing?

Can an artist do justice to a beautiful woman? This sensuous terracotta bust by Joseph Chinard captures the elegance and grace of legendary beauty Juliette Récamier, a socialite renowned for her wit...

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Cellini Gets a Rival

A beautiful bronze Double Head, attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco Primaticcio, has just joined the Museum’s collection. Though made by an Italian, it was commissioned by a Frenchman: Francis...

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