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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1884
Took him something like two years, from what I can find — a pile of small studies done out at the park, then the big one built up indoors. The speckled border round the edge is his as well; he added it later so the thing wouldn't have to sit inside somebody else's gold frame.
tbear: Did they really have pet monkeys back then? Would you take a pet monkey for a walk in the park?
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Mezzetin by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717
Mezzetino was a stock character in the old Italian travelling comedies — a servant type, always in love with someone who isn't having it. From what I can find, this sat in the collection of a friend who had prints made of everything, and a few decades later it was bought up for the Empress of Russia's palace.
Roya: Does he look drunk to you too?
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Portrait of Sebastián de Morra by Diego Velázquez, 1644
He served at the Spanish court for years after being brought there as an adult — apparently somewhere between an entertainer and a companion, depending who you ask.
tbear: Can’t say I’ve seen this pose for a portrait before.