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40. 3a is from Michelangelo's Night and Day.

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 10:51 PM

Feb 2013

I thought it looked kind of like Michelangelo, so I gave it a shot.

Here's Night:

Here's both Day and Night:

I have no idea about 3b, but I'd bet it's a mask of the same character.

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Here, again, is your Friday Afternoon Challenge, DUers! Today: “Backstory Redux.”* [View all] CTyankee Feb 2013 OP

Hello, any of my peeps here? CTyankee Feb 2013 #1

i love the first one, immediately. who did it? seabeyond Feb 2013 #2

of course! CTyankee Feb 2013 #3

whose art does it remind you of? CTyankee Feb 2013 #4

My bet: Da Vinci elleng Feb 2013 #5

which??? CTyankee Feb 2013 #6

Which DaVinci, or which picture? elleng Feb 2013 #7

which picture. CTyankee Feb 2013 #8

Dunno, m'dear. elleng Feb 2013 #9

Yep. Big snow, big time... CTyankee Feb 2013 #10

None, Zero, Zilch. elleng Feb 2013 #11

Both? marions ghost Feb 2013 #15

You got it marion's ghost! There are two versions. Which is which? and which came first? CTyankee Feb 2013 #18

I think this is right...this is confusing! marions ghost Feb 2013 #21

Sir Kenneth argues for 1a. to be the SECOND version, albeit a bit reservedly... CTyankee Feb 2013 #25

And I hope you come back from that trip marions ghost Feb 2013 #32

Oh, dear. That is a heavy responsibility...I am no art critic, just an art lover... CTyankee Feb 2013 #33

A kick for you CTyankee longship Feb 2013 #12

Oh, thanks! But your insights are important! CTyankee Feb 2013 #13

I haven't studied art since the 60's. longship Feb 2013 #16

Oh, boy, I'm sorry...I think sometimes I get prettymuch in the weeds... CTyankee Feb 2013 #22

Damn! If it doesn't look like the same model! longship Feb 2013 #24

now that's interesting! I had no idea... CTyankee Feb 2013 #27

#2b: Andrea Mantegna - The Agony in the Garden pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #14

2a--Agony in the Garden --Bellini (Mantegna's Bro-in-law) marions ghost Feb 2013 #17

Oh, yes, and why is it that we don't like Mantegna so much and love Bellini more? CTyankee Feb 2013 #19

This excerpt is well put... marions ghost Feb 2013 #23

When I see Bellini's "St. Francis in the Desert" at the Frick in NYC I am reminded of how CTyankee Feb 2013 #26

OK so here's the full Bellini marions ghost Feb 2013 #31

Oh, Bellini has his rabbit in a hole in St. Francis in the desert...kinda cute it is... CTyankee Feb 2013 #36

I agree with you suffragette Feb 2013 #48

Thanks, that is a fresh perspective. I hadn't thought of it that way. CTyankee Feb 2013 #49

Hope all is ok for you in the storm suffragette Feb 2013 #50

Oh, great, that is what I really hoped would happen (the Challenge part is just a hook CTyankee Feb 2013 #51

And you know I do love the mystery and the hunt as well suffragette Feb 2013 #56

Can you tell me how you came to see this? CTyankee Feb 2013 #20

well.... marions ghost Feb 2013 #28

Bellini was he younger of the two and must have been a bit unhappy about it so my guess is CTyankee Feb 2013 #29

OK, folks, any guesses on 3a. and 3b. and 4a. and 4b.? CTyankee Feb 2013 #30

Would #4a be Helen of Troy? countryjake Feb 2013 #34

no, it does not appear to be any of those... CTyankee Feb 2013 #35

HINT: this is a recent story in the news, folks! CTyankee Feb 2013 #37

Oh my! countryjake Feb 2013 #38

No royal collections etc. This was a real deal... CTyankee Feb 2013 #39

Aha, found it! Putting on the Ritz in Paris! countryjake Feb 2013 #42

Bravo! velvet Feb 2013 #43

Well, it wasn't actually such a direct search... countryjake Feb 2013 #44

3a is from Michelangelo's Night and Day. longship Feb 2013 #40

Ooh, ya beat me to it, longship velvet Feb 2013 #41

sounds like you are as incorrigible as I am! CTyankee Feb 2013 #45

Fun thread... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #46

for all of you wondering about the answer to 3b... CTyankee Feb 2013 #47

That wolf-girl with the tail has her hands on backwards! countryjake Feb 2013 #52

The reveral of hands apparently was a "sign" of deception and a common enough CTyankee Feb 2013 #53

Other critics are not as kind as Clark about this painting. Nor about Mannerism in general. CTyankee Feb 2013 #54

I know nothing about Mannerism. countryjake Feb 2013 #55

You are so nice to say so. Come back next week if you can... CTyankee Feb 2013 #57

I wouldn't have guessed that one in a thousand years entanglement Feb 2013 #58

Well, I'm struggling to get through Shearman's book "Mannerism" so I can understand it better, CTyankee Feb 2013 #59