Rubens' Danza Aldeanos ... one of his best, i think ...

when rubens died, the king of spain sent his ambassador to rubens house to buy the best of the paintings rubens had kept, and this one was sold for 800 florins

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danza_de_aldeanos

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/dance-of-mythological-figures-and-villagers/e6e93efc-e851-41d9-bf9d-50e147babb30

giandomenico tiepolo ... handy with a brush !

 

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-giovanni-domenico-tiepolo-venise-1727-1804-le-christ-5097694/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5097694&lid=1&ldp_breadcrumb=back

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-giovanni-domenico-tiepolo-angelica-and-medoro-306147/?from=searchresults&intObjectID=306147

Pichi & Avo ... where street art and classical sculpture images mesh ... more of a montage than a palimpsest ...

 

giuseppe castiglione ... jesuit lay brother and brilliant draughtsman ... arrived in china 1715

 

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44632

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Castiglione_(Jesuit_painter)

the ten prized dogs album

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ten_Prized_Dogs_Album

beatrice ( bridgit ) elvery ... later lady glenavy ... pupil and friend of william orpen

 

orpen's portrait of "bridgit" ...

she was quite a fashionable artist, too ... unashamedly chocolate-boxy but consistently sweet and lyrical in her love of life

http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2020/08/the-elvery-family-in-dublin-and-links.html

... and there is a cache of letters from william orpen ...

https://vault.library.uvic.ca/.../61da6cbd-02e8-4dd3-8e9d...

Hurrah for mark tansey ... scrutineer, analyst, painter and miracle piss-taker !

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tansey

http://www.amyscott.com/mark_tansey.htm

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n09420/lot.39.html