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Sunday, January 10, 2010
NATALIA ALEXANDROVA PUSHKINA (1836-1913), Countess of Merenberg, daughter of Alexander PushkinPortrait: Ivan Kuzmic Makarov
MARIE-ANTOINETTE (1755-1793), Queen of FrancePortrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
IVAN GONCHAROV (1812-1891), Russian writerPortrait: Ivan N. Kramskoy
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882), American poetPortrait: Thomas Buchanan Read
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), President of the United StatesPortrait: William Willard
HORTENSE de BEAUHARNAIS (1783-1837), French noblewoman, daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais and wife of Louis BonapartePortrait: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Triosson
JOHN SUTTER (1803-1880), Swiss-born American pioneerPortrait: Samuel Stillman Osgood
JAMES MONROE (1758-1831), President of the United StatesPortrait: Samuel Morse
ISABELLA TEOTOCHI ALBRIZZI (1760-1836), Italian writerPortrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
FRANCIS SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940), American writerPortrait: David Silvette
RUDOLF II (1552-1612), Holy Roman EmperorPortrait: Hans von Aachen
Madame DU BARRY (1743-1793), French courtesan and mistress to Louis XVPortrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
LUCRETIA BORGIA (1480-1519), Italian noblewomanPortrait: Bartolomeo Veneto
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841), President of the United StatesPortrait: Albert Gallotin Hoit
JOHN UPDIKE (1932-2009), American writerPortrait: Alex Katz
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809-1847), German composerPortrait: James Warren Childe
LOUISE AUGUSTA (1776-1810), Queen of PrussiaPortrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
BILL CLINTON (1946), President of the United StatesPortrait: Simmie Knox
NEIL YOUNG (1945), Canadian songwriterPortrait: Roland Diehl
ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX (1565-1601), favourite of Elizabeth IPortrait: William Larkin
Labels: ART, COOL PAINTINGS
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