William Etty (1787-1849) English artist best known for his nude figures
http://www.cassone-art.com/magazine/article/2011/11/theres-something-about-etty-art-and-controversy-at-york-city-art-gallery/?psrc=around-the-galleries
Venus and Cupid / c.1825/1835 / Oil on canvas / 12.4”x17.4”
Emma Stebbins (1815-1882) One Of The First American Women Sculptors
http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2015/05/emma-stebbins.html
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Sculptor, painter, draftsman, architect, and poet
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo
Doni Tondo / 1505-1506 / Tempera grassa (tempera and oil) on wood / 47 1⁄2” diameter
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
Goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, and musician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benvenuto_Cellini
Perseus With The Head of Medusa / 1545-1554 / Bronze / approx. 17’ high, incl. base
Donatello (c.1386–1466)
The greatest sculptor of the early Renaissance
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm
St. George / 1417 / Marble / Height 6’10”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/leonardo-da-vinci-the-virgin-of-the-rocks
Link~ J.C. Leyendecker, Father of the New Year’s Baby
“Joseph Christian Leyendecker wasn’t the first artist to use an infant to represent the new year. But over the span of 36 years, he made the New Year’s baby as familiar to Americans as Father Time.
A consummate illustrator — and mentor to Norman Rockwell — Leyendecker was continually searching for better ways to depict the holidays. He created many fanciful covers that caught the spirit of Christmas, Fourth of July, Easter, and Thanksgiving. But the New Year’s babies are arguably his most memorable.
His first baby was delivered for the December 29, 1906, issue of the Post. It shows a cherub atop a globe, turning over a fresh page in a book of New Year’s resolutions. The series continue without interruption until 1943…”
http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2014/12/31/art-entertainment/art-and-artists/new-years-babies.html
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