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(l s´ m l n´d th) (KEY) , 1716–80, Spanish painter. He assisted his father, artist Francisco Melendez, until 1737, when he began studying with Le...
1787–1849, English painter. He studied with Sir Thomas Lawrence and later in Italy, where Venetian painting made a lasting impression on him. Etty i...
(both: gä´br l m t´sü) (KEY) , 1630?–1667, Dutch genre painter, b. Leiden. In 1657 he moved to Amsterdam, where he remained for the rest of his...
(mät ´äs grün´ vält) (KEY) , c.1475–1528, German painter of religious subjects. His original name was Mathis Gothart Neithart. Although he ass...
(zhäk l psh ts´) (KEY) , 1891–1973, French sculptor, b. Lithuania as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz. From 1909, Lipchitz studied in Paris, where he became a...
(d z d ´r dä s t´´t nyä´n ) (KEY) , 1428–64, Florentine sculptor, a follower of Donatello. His marble carving, of exquisite delicacy, is bes...