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To the right are small versions of several paintings
downloaded from the WebMuseum of
Paris.
(Photos of the paintings are by Mark
Harden, Brian Yoder, and Carol Gerten-Jackson).
Which painting do you feel most closely represents the woman
described in this poem?
To see a larger view at the
WebMuseum, click each small image to the right.
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A. (left) Portrait of a Lady
with an Ostrich Fan (c. 1660), oil on canvas, 100 x 83 cm, National Gallery
of Art, Washington, D.C. Painted by Rembrandt, Dutch Baroque painter,
1609 - 1669. |
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Madame d'Haussonville (no details at Web Museum about medium, size, or
location). Painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres, French Romantic painter (1780 - 1867). |
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C. Lady with an Ermine (1483
- 1490), oil on wood, 54 x 39 cm., Czartoryski Museum; Cracow, Poland.
Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor,
architect, and engineer (1452 - 1519). |
 D. Pauline Eleanore de
Galard de Brassac de Bearn, Princess de Broglie (1853); oil on canvas, 48 x
36 in., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres, French Romantic painter (1780 - 1867). |
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E. Woman with a Pearl (left)
(no date given), oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris.
Painted by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, French Romantic painter (1796 -
1875) |
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