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...In the left-hand panel, Joseph (we think it is him) crouches over a meagre fire, drying the nappies....
...’s Joseph, who timidly peers over the dominant figures of Saint Anne and the Virgin to look at the infant Jesus....
...A special coup was acquiring from Joseph Duveen “Portrait of a Little Girl”, one of only two depictions by Velázquez of non-royal children and among his most naturalistic, spontaneous, joyous paintings....
...It was planted at the 1984 biennale by René Block, dealer to artist Joseph Beuys, as part of Beuys’ “7000 Oaks” project, launched at the 1982 documenta exhibition in Kassel....
...Four laser-cut stainless-steel Heads by Kentridge, large-format portraits taken from Greco-Roman and medieval history, fill the other two walls....
...At the time, Mario Greco, Zurich chief executive, said that the policy was “simply the right thing to do”....
...Galleria Lia Rumma and Studio Trisorio opened here in the early ’70s, pioneering the contemporary art scene with shows by artists such as Joseph Beuys and Cindy Sherman....
...The first two floors hold the National Gallery collection, containing works stretching half a century, from the Sienese School to Titian, Caravaggio, El Greco and later works....
...From the El Greco room at the Prado Museum to walks in the Royal Botanical Gardens, there is beauty at every turn....
...Its mournful minor-key melody was written by the French-Hungarian composer Joseph Kosma for the ballet Le Rendez-vous, performed in Paris at the end of the second world war....
...Similarly, in the full-length “Le Petit Patissier”, the figure with anxious, clenched hands has the etiolated head, elongated form and expressive linearity of El Greco....
...Joseph Noviello of Nasdaq eSpeed argues the Treasury market is “faced with an attack of disruption.” Maybe. But for now, Direct Match says it’s left exploring its “strategic options.”...
...Experimenting with the Italian grand manner, he chose biblical and classical subjects — “Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob”, “Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan” — which share narratives of rhetoric, fallibility...
...One of the stories makes reference to the chanteuse Juliette Gréco’s song “Les Feuilles Mortes”, in which she sings “about the way life separates you from the people you love”....
...“The Return from Egypt”, with St Joseph feeding the boy Jesus cherries from the tree, and “Madonna del Gatto” (of the Cat) are exceptionally accomplished and beautiful in colouring....
...Through dealer Joseph Duveen, Frick acquired much of Morgan’s collection – including paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that would form the basis of the room that bears his name on the ground floor....
...Hat-tip to a reader for pointing us to this Reuters story, on a fresh twist in the Greco-Finnish collateral fiasco: While Finland had wanted to receive cash as collateral — which would have required Greece...
...From the WSJ, on that Greco-Finnish collateral deal: The International Monetary Fund also opposes the agreement, because it could threaten the IMF’s customary “preferred creditor” status that ensures the...
...(Massive hat-tip to Yogi Bear) Related links: More on the Greek collateral grab – FT Alphaville Moody’s not pleased with Greek collateral grab – FT Alphaville Greco-Finnish deal reopens bail-out debate...
...He furnished it with an estimated $200m worth of paintings by such greats as Picasso, Modigliani, Renoir, Matisse, Van Gogh, El Greco, Chagall and Dalí....
...Meléndez Valdés, the leading lyric poet of his age, joined the government of Joseph Bonaparte when the French invaded Spain in 1808....
...Still young. 13 per cent £35 Majestic Fine Wine Joseph Drouhin, Les Folatières Premier Cru 2006 Puligny-Montrachet Smoky nose, then creamy oak and some citrus and minerals....
...Sitting in front of El Greco’s “Christ Carrying the Cross” in the magnificent Robert Lehman collection, a German tourist informed his wife that the reason El Greco’s figures were so elongated was that he...
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