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(y fr ´n r) (KEY) , fl. 364 B.C., Greek painter and sculptor from Corinth. His most famous paintings were in the Stoa of Zeus at Athens—A Cavalry C...
(y fr ´n s) (KEY) , c.520–470 B.C., Greek potter and painter. He spent his early career as a painter, working mainly in the red-figure style. In h...
(g ´rärt d l r s´) (KEY) , 1641–1711, Flemish painter of allegorical and religious subjects, b. Liège. Most of his life was spent in Holland, w...
(all: g ´rärt, g r´ t dou) (KEY) , 1613–1675, Dutch genre and portrait painter of Leiden. The son of a glass painter, he was apprenticed to an en...
(l k´ r z) (KEY) , fl. 4th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor, probably an Athenian. Leochares was associated in the decoration of the Mausoleum at Halicarn...
( dwär´ män ´) (KEY) , 1832–83, French painter, b. Paris. The son of a magistate, Manet went to sea rather than study law. On his return to Pari...