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03-06-2005, 09:42 AM
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Ten greatest portraits of all time
In my meanderings I stumbled upon this from the web site of John Howard Sanden.
As he is quick to point out, selecting the ten greatest portraits of all time is a brazen undertaking. But, Mr. Sanden seemed to take the task seriously, and is a great painter of portraits himself, so one would have to have a look. Also, he speaks as if he has personally seen each of the paintings.
I think he has even arranged them in order of their greatness, all the way up to the one single greatest portrait ever painted. A bold and brazen statement indeed, and one that I am not qualified to dispute. I was shocked to find that one of mine had only made it to number seven.
http://www.johnhowardsanden.com/comm...engreatest.htm
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03-06-2005, 10:26 AM
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Hi Mike,
you got me there, congratulations 
But I must say I miss Rembrandt's portrait of Jan Six up front.
Allan
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03-06-2005, 10:34 AM
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What?
He's now replaced mine with one from that Whistler fella.
Maybe he's thinking about moving mine up!
Yeah, that's it. I'll check back.
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03-06-2005, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike McCarty
What?
He's now replaced mine with one from that Whistler fella.
Maybe he's thinking about moving mine up!
Yeah, that's it. I'll check back.
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That's not a bad assortment Sanden has arranged. I bet we all have our personal rearrangements of the ordering toward the greatest, resonating out of our own preferences.
Drats! I'm still at eleven!
Garth
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03-07-2005, 05:42 PM
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Mr. Sanden's article was featured in The Artists' Magazine, April issue. The editor, Tom Zeit first found it on his web site.
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03-07-2005, 10:55 PM
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Perhaps some of the specific pieces are arguable. But - you're right - it does boil down to personal aesthetics. However, I'm not going to argue with Velazquez at #1 and Sargent at #2! They've inhabited the top 2 slots of my personal top 10 for years, now.
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