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CTyankee

(68,156 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2014, 05:53 PM Feb 2014

Hello, DU! The Friday Afternoon Challenge returns with: Feminine Beauty in Portraits! [View all]

Perhaps you know these works and their creators?*

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*with credit and deep appreciation for the late Kenneth Clark’s inspiring “Feminine Beauty.”

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Hello, DU! The Friday Afternoon Challenge returns with: Feminine Beauty in Portraits! [View all] CTyankee Feb 2014 OP

I don't know, but it's very nice. Thank you. nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #1

You are welcome! Thank you for coming by! CTyankee Feb 2014 #2

#2: Marie Louise Elisabeth Vig�e-Le Brun - Portrait of a Young Woman. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #3

Of course! Glad to see you Pinboy! CTyankee Feb 2014 #4

I wasn't familiar with the artist, so I had to play Columbo again pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #49

I was reading Sir Kenneth's book, you see... CTyankee Mar 2014 #52

From the replies (and the recs) I hope you can see that your hope was realized pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #54

thank you most sincerely! It's so good to hear! CTyankee Mar 2014 #58

It's hanging in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Warpy Mar 2014 #76

Very nice! badtoworse Feb 2014 #5

3 looks like a Manet and 6 reminds me of Klimt Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #6

No Manet and no Klimt actually...I can see where you are going with Klimt tho... CTyankee Feb 2014 #20

really? I guessed klimt too nt arely staircase Mar 2014 #67

But #6 doesn't have an empty chair... pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #72

1 is Number 23 BainsBane Feb 2014 #7

Number 23? I don't know that reference... CTyankee Feb 2014 #10

A Duer who uses that image as her avatar. BainsBane Feb 2014 #11

Oh, I'm sorry, I just didn't get it at first... CTyankee Feb 2014 #15

Yes, though I think that era produced a series of images BainsBane Feb 2014 #22

thank you so much for those images...haunting... CTyankee Feb 2014 #31

Oh please tell me all you know about picture number 1 Number23 Mar 2014 #78

See the link in #13 pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #79

Yep, just read it! Number23 Mar 2014 #81

no, but it is very usual in the "dress with top pulled down to reveal breast" as if to suggest CTyankee Mar 2014 #84

#3: George Romney - Lady Hamilton as Circe pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #8

Nice work...what gave it away...the swish around the painting? CTyankee Feb 2014 #9

Not to sound weird secondvariety Feb 2014 #37

I have to admit I couldn't remember who had done the paintings of her pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #47

Checking in... longship Feb 2014 #12

you were pretty close, actually! CTyankee Feb 2014 #21

1. Portrait d'une n�gresse, painted in 1800 by Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist BainsBane Feb 2014 #13

You just beat me to it! Divernan Feb 2014 #14

what wonderful scholarship you bring to the Challenge today! Thank you! It informs me as well... CTyankee Feb 2014 #16

this is a cropped version. She is quite lovely. It's a beautiful portrait... CTyankee Feb 2014 #17

Thank you so much for the Smalls piece. What a find! CTyankee Feb 2014 #19

Can I have another hint for 6? BainsBane Feb 2014 #23

the artist is not a European. CTyankee Feb 2014 #30

Beat me to it Aerows Feb 2014 #39

Amazing. Though I'm depressed reading the description Number23 Mar 2014 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #18

I have to admit, I'm not well versed on art.. However, #1 and #3 are stunning and moving glowing Feb 2014 #24

K&R!!! DeSwiss Feb 2014 #25

thank you! the are lovely, aren't they? Any guesses? CTyankee Feb 2014 #34

I Think No. 3 Is Lady Hamilton Dirty Socialist Feb 2014 #26

Yes, it is! She was a beauty, wasn't she? CTyankee Feb 2014 #28

Yes. Very Pretty. Dirty Socialist Feb 2014 #35

my knowledge is limited, but I thank you for this beautiful touch of grace this afternoon. niyad Feb 2014 #27

well, god knows we needed SOMETHING to redeem this pretty awful DU day (and week)... CTyankee Feb 2014 #29

We have 4, 5 and 6 not guessed! CTyankee Feb 2014 #32

Hints for #s 4 and 5. Both are from the same era in art... CTyankee Feb 2014 #33

#6 is "Tanagra" (The Builders, New York) by Childe Hassam 1918 countryjake Feb 2014 #36

You are wonderful, Jake! CTyankee Feb 2014 #38

I love that screen (if you remember, I'm also a bird nut)... countryjake Feb 2014 #41

I've shown Hassam's works in past Challenges, but only recently came across this one... CTyankee Mar 2014 #48

Yes, I do remember when you did his Easter morning woman... countryjake Mar 2014 #63

so lovely...so entrancing... CTyankee Mar 2014 #64

Well done, countryjake! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #56

It only took me three whole hours to find it... countryjake Mar 2014 #87

Now we are down to #4 and #5! C'mon folks! CTyankee Feb 2014 #40

the story of 5 is interesting. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #43

kick Whisp Feb 2014 #42

I get such an education here. Lovely paintings. Thanks CT! nt Mnemosyne Mar 2014 #44

#5: Jacopo da Pontormo - Portrait of Maria Salviate de� Medici and Giulia de� Medici pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #45

#4: Parmigianino - Pallas Athene pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #46

ANSWERS RECAP pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #50

Absolutely correctamundo! CTyankee Mar 2014 #59

For "Tanagra" you must note that it's also subtitled (The Builders, New York)... countryjake Mar 2014 #61

I have never seen the first one! Thank you, Jake! CTyankee Mar 2014 #62

Ha, my former mother-in-law used to always carry a magnifier, too... countryjake Mar 2014 #69

I don't know. I haven't done an exhaustive search of his life and his art ideas... CTyankee Mar 2014 #71

Well, he did much of his stuff at a time when Conservation... countryjake Mar 2014 #82

My Mom had a magnifier when she was alive pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #75

You should have gotten her a monocle... countryjake Mar 2014 #86

Thanks--edited to add that pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #66

I have much to say here about your reply, but... countryjake Mar 2014 #70

I hope you're weathering the storm okay pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #77

It's no real storm up here, just spitting frozen rain most of the day... countryjake Mar 2014 #83

Why, you mean my evil plan is WORKING? CTyankee Mar 2014 #73

As if you didn't know! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #74

Ha, same here, exactly! I noted that ghostly coloring of the Pontormo... countryjake Mar 2014 #85

Stumped again, but I learn something every Friday panader0 Mar 2014 #51

that makes me happy... CTyankee Mar 2014 #53

. pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #55

Thankyou, CTyankee, for a great Challenge this week! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #57

You are welcome! Hmm, maybe you should try your hand at doing a Challenge! CTyankee Mar 2014 #60

thanks Beringia Mar 2014 #65

I like them all but #1 is my favorite. nt arely staircase Mar 2014 #68