In an essay on this painting, Helene Weinberg argues that its artist used a book of engravings by Charles Le Brun to populate the facial expressions in it.
In an essay on this painting, Helene Weinberg argues that its artist used a book of engravings by Charles Le Brun to populate the facial expressions in it. Though it is no longer there, this painting was donated to London's Christ Hospital, where its donor intended it to serve as a "most usefull lesson to the Youth." Most scholars believe that two figures in this painting are based on Raphael's The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. A pentimento covered with an ugly splotch ofgray paint can be seen in the copies of this painting at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Detroit Institute of Arts; those copies may have been made by Henry Pelham, the artist's half- brother. A Borghese gladiator was used as the model for this painting's first title character, who is shown alongside a figure with anatomically inaccurate lips. For 10 points, name this painting depicting a rescue in Havana Harbor, created by John Singleton Copley.
In an essay on this painting, Helene Weinberg argues that its artist used a book of engravings by Charles Le Brun to populate the facial expressions in it.
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