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And he actually became a painter in the Vatican and painted a portrait of Pope Pius the IX.
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"We have a healthy art market in London, " says portrait painter Emma Sergeant.
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Her mother, the painter Elaine Fasula, did a beautiful portrait of her, and I've placed it above the stairway to the basement.
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It is considered a self-portrait and along with the painter's red signature at right, the sanguine "XX" insignia at far left, and the painting's prospective date suggests Ensor's intent to cast himself as the true prophet of the art to come.
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"Portrait of a Gentleman" came to light when a descendant of 19th century painter Matthew Shepperson put a series of paintings by the artist up for sale in August 2010.
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Among the star exhibits is a decadent portrait of the man himself, composed of fruit and vegetables by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, his court painter.
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Meanwhile, on the grounds outside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, there's a sculpture installation of four enormous portrait busts, one for each season, an homage of sorts to Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, whose whimsical portraits were composed of produce and plants.
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Made around the time Rembrandt turned sixty, in 1666, the view of the painter at work complements the great 1658 self-portrait at the Frick, in which he seems a grand but old and discouraged lion.
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