Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis: A Gallery of Remarkable Art TalesThe secret histories of the world’s most famous masterpieces Caravaggios, Rembrandts, Monets—the works of immortal artists such as these are indelibly imprinted in the public mind; they are priceless masterpieces whose beauty, artistry, and emotional impact have inspired admiration, awe, and envy through the centuries. Yet behind many of these brilliant paintings and sculptures are fascinating, unique histories. In Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis, award-winning writer Harvey Rachlin relates in exciting detail how nearly thirty of these works came to be created and how they survived burglary, forgery, revolutions, ransoms, vandals, scandals, religious sects, and shipwrecks to eventually come to their current resting places |
Contents
Christina of Denmark Duchess of Milan 1538 Hans Holbein the Younger | |
Eleonora of Toledo with Her Son Giovanni de Medici 1545 Agnolo | |
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp 1632 Rembrandt Harmensz | |
Benjamin Franklin 1759 Benjamin Wilson | |
The Honorable Mrs Graham 177577 Thomas Gainsborough | |
Watson and the Shark 1778 John Singleton Copley | |
George Washington Athenaeum Head 1796 Gilbert Stuart | |
The Outcast 1851 Richard Redgrave | |
Washington Crossing the Delaware 1851 Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze | |
Olympia 1863 Édouard Manet | |
A Convalescent C 1878 James Tissot | |
At the Moulin Rouge 1892 95 Henri Marie Raymond de ToulouseLautrec | |
Christ of Saint John of the Cross 1951 Salvador Dalí | |
PICTURE CREDITS | |
Lady Maitland C 1817 Sir Henry Raeburn | |
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