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Arthur Lee  *March 7, 1945

Presence, 2025 by Lilith Gurekhian (Armenian, b. 1997); Oil on canvas, 24x35

Moorish woman on a vintage postcard

Mezzetin, a stock comic character of the Italian commedia dell’arte, became an established archetype on the Paris stage, but was an innovative subject for painting in Watteau’s lifetime. Here Mezzetin inhabits the overgrown gardens beloved by Watteau. His costume typically included a striped jacket and knee breeches, a floppy hat, a ruff, and a short cape; his personality was by turns interfering, devious, and lovelorn, as indicated by the distant female statue who turns her back to him. Watteau’s delicate touch, especially evident in the figure’s hands and clothing, is exceptionally well preserved in this painting.

Louis Braquet Sisters 2017

Lynval Golding & Jerry Dammers (The Specials)

Charles Gleyre - Minerve et les Trois Grâces, 1866

Juarez Machado, Jazz a Mondrian

Chet Baker, Italy, 1961

Jackie McLEAN at the CHAT QUI PÊCHE in PARIS 1961