| Preview | Description
  | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Woman in Manteau by Robert Henri 1898 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Henri, Robert |  Painted in Paris at a time when Robert Henri was determined to make his professional mark, this work shows his favorite model, Berthe Terrier, in a manner deliberately recalling European Old Masters. Although he intentionally allied his art with revered tradition, Henri also inserted a contemporary mood by portraying Berthe with a bold, almost... |
 | Wyntje (Lavinia) Van Vechten by Nehemiah Partridge 1720 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Partridge, Nehemiah | |
 | Yellow Blossom by John William Hill ca. 1856-1857 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Hill, John William | |
 | Zuleika by John Singer Sargent c. 1907 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Sargent, John Singer |
Zuleika
(zoo-LAY-ka) is of Persian and indirectly biblical origins with the meaning:
"Brilliant Beauty".
Though the
name is never directly used in the bible, it appeared in later retellings of
the story of Joseph and is meant to be the wife of Joseph's employer "Potiphar" - the Captain of the Bodyguards to the
Pharaoh of Egypt. The Egyptian's... |
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