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Toruń portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus

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The most famous portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, most probably painted in the 1780s. Some attribute the painting to Marcus Gheeraerts, a painter residing in the Netherlands and London and associated with the famous de Bry family of engravers. The engraving by Theodorus de Bry included in Boissard’s publication of 1597 bears a striking resemblance to the Toruń portrait. Formerly the property of the Protestant Academic Gymnasium (Grammar School), the Toruń portrait is currently held by the Regional Museum and displayed in the Burghers Chamber of the Town Hall.

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Her presence is as quietly all-pervasive as the smell of oil paint in this temple of art, a luminous and sparely furnished SoHo loft. But if there’s a secret to her longevity at the center of her husband’s oeuvre, she’s not about to reveal it. In the 1960’s, he portrayed her as a sleekly mysterious American sphinx in sunglasses and a sweater. Garbo talked; Ada, never. Such is her deep reserve that you can spend a very pleasant hour tête-à-tête with her and still wonder if you have ever really met.

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Age Maps

Two photographs of the same person, from different periods of time (child and adult) are spliced together. In this fusion a jump-of-time is established at the tear.

Beautiful. Creepy.

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The Niece

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