Amor Towles, author of Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow (both of which I enjoyed) recently released "The DiDomenico Fragment." A fictional Renaissance painting gives the novella its…
This week: Rococo at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Giuseppe Nogari, Self-Portrait Giuseppe Nogari, Self-Portrait. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Nogari (1699-1766), a native of Venice, painted works…
This week: Baroque and Rococo art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Hals, Portrait of Joseph Coymans, 1644 Frans Hals, Portrait of Joseph Coymans, 1644. Wadsworth…
This week: more seventeenth-century (Baroque) art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Le Sueur, Young Man with a Sword, ca. 1645 Eustache Le Sueur, Young Man…
This week: more art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Egyptian, Cat, ca. 3rd-1st c. BC Egyptian Ptolemaic Period, Cat, ca. 3rd-1st c. BC. Wadsworth Atheneum.…
This week: more European art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Rubens, Return of the Holy Family from Egypt, ca. 1630 Peter Paul Rubens, Return of…
This week: more European art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. 1669: Jacob Ochtervelt, The Dancing Dog Jacob Ochtervelt, The Dancing Dog, 1669. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.…
This week we move on to European art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Morgan Wing, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Photo copyright © 2021 Dianne L.…
The introduction to this series is in last week's post. Click here for all posts. South Hall Off the South Hall open the Billiard Room (left) and the Grand Ballroom…
Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) became enormously wealthy as one of the founders of Standard Oil, which he joined in 1867. He was credited by John D. Rockefeller with developing the…