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Zuleika

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1907
Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white, thick, rough-textured wove paper
25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 in.)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Sargent, John Singernotes
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...
Yellow Blossom

by John William Hill

ca. 1856-1857
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite with gum varnish on beige, thick, slightly textured woven paper
8 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (22.5 x 23.8 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Hill, John William 
Wyntje (Lavinia) Van Vechten

by Nehemiah Partridge

1720
oil on canvas
40 3/16 x 34 9/16 in. (102 x 87.8 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Partridge, Nehemiah 
Woman in Manteau

by Robert Henri

1898
oil on canvas
58 1/16 x 38 11/16 in. (147.5 x 98.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Henri, Robertnotes
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...
Woman Feeding a Child

by Elliott Daingerfield

Charcoal and possibly graphite on paper
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 9/16 in. (41.9 x 31.9 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Daingerfield, Elliott 
Wolfert's Will

by John Quidor

1856
oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 33 7/8 in. (68 x 86 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Quidor, Johnnotes
Inscriptions: Inscribed verso across top: "'Say you so?' cried Wolfert, half thrusting one leg out of bed, 'why then I think I'll not make my Will yet!'"
Wisteria on a Wall

by Fidelia Bridges

1870s
Watercolor over graphite on paper
14 x 10 1/16 in. (35.6 x 25.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Bridges, Fidelia 
Winter Scene, Pleasant Valley, New York

by William Rickarby Miller

1884
Pen, ink and wash on paper
14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (37.5 x 27.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Miller, William Rickarby 
Winter Scene In Brooklyn

by Francis Guy

ca. 1819-1820
oil on canvas
58 3/8 x 74 9/16 in. (148.2 x 189.4 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Guy, Francis 
Winter Pastime

by Nathaniel Currier

1855
Hand-colored lithograph on woven paper
10 3/8 x 14 3/4in. (26.4 x 37.5cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Currier, Nathaniel 
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