Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting subconscious prompting, Alan. I see that the latest viewpoint on Villiers' painting is that it is a selfie - per that o so reliable fount of all knowledge Wikipedia. But, going on the pose , it's a reasonable argument. Douglas On 20/12/2023 18:55, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG wrote: > I found another pairing in my files. It's "Marie Josephine Charlotte du > Val d'Ognes" by Marie Denise Villiers, 1801 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) > and a photo of an Art History student in Mitchell Hall that I took in > 1979. The artwork must have been in the back of my mind when I came across > the scene down the hall from the Art History department (where I got my > degree in 1972). For years, this painting was attributed to Jacques-Louis > David. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/Villiers_amp_19790601_MR_CS_5855a.jpg.html