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After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit"

1878-1882
oil on canvas
9 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (23.6 x 28.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Kenyon Cox painted this small, sketchlike image while studying in Paris. Although Cox trained with well-known French artists, his works were largely influenced by Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art. After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit" is a copy of a painting in the Louvre by Italian Renaissance artist Titian (about 1490-1576). The triangular...
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After Boltraffio, "Sacre Conversazione"

1878-1882
oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (32.1 x 32.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
d surrounded by saints. Boltraffio's version depicts the Virgin and child with John the Baptist, Saint Sebastian, and the patrons of the painting, Giacomo Marchione de Pandolfi da Casio and his son Girolamo Casio.
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A Lady in Black

1880
oil on canvas
20 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (52.7 x 32.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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This is a portrait of the wife of Kenyon Cox’s friend the painter Lowell Dyer. In 1880, Cox exhibited the painting in Philadelphia, and also entered it in a Paris show under the French title Dame en noir. This masterful portrait sketch focuses our eyes on Mrs. Dyer’s spirited expression and tilt of the head. Cox’s fast brushwork gives the...
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