Seven years later an inventory was drawn up of the estate of Gierte Pieters, his deceased wife. Because the painter was abroad at the time there are conspicuously few men’s clothes listed in the inventory (only a cloak, two pairs of breeches and a jerkin). Yet mention is made of, ‘...
Vivid portrayals of partners, family members, friends or colleagues, present and past, in coloured pastels, sanguine, charcoal or pencil.
The police department said in a Facebook post, "It is with the most of broken hearts, the families of Bill Wolfe Jr. and his wife Robyn share that Bill has been confirmed to be among the deceased. ... Please continue to hold our entire family as well as those affected across the nat...
Jim recalls an invaluable message that former Fire Chief Bruce Jessop (deceased) often imparted to him and others: your family always comes first, your job is second, and the fire department is third. Maintaining this work-life balance enables firefighters to get involved and reassures aspiring...
"When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another; but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother." (Deuteronomy xxv, 5.) According to this specific charge, Henry did the right thing by marrying...
Those attempting to explain the origins of verism have sometimes assumed that the uncompromising portrayal of old age owes something to the ancestor masks described by Polybius and, more specifically, that Polybius's masks were actually death masks, cast from the face of the deceased. However, the...
Those attempting to explain the origins of verism have sometimes assumed that the uncompromising portrayal of old age owes something to the ancestor masks described by Polybius and, more specifically, that Polybius's masks were actually death masks, cast from the face of the deceased. However, the...
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“reserve” heads – three dimensional head-and-neck models of apparently real people, which seem to have been designed to stand on the floor of the burial chamber. It seems plausible that both false heads and Fayum paintings were meant to aid in the identification of the deceased, and ...
The police department said in a Facebook post, "It is with the most of broken hearts, the families of Bill Wolfe Jr. and his wife Robyn share that Bill has been confirmed to be among the deceased. ... Please continue to hold our entire family as well as those affected across the nat...