Portraits’ portraits

Saint Jérôme rêve qu’il est flagellé par deux anges sur l’ordre du Christ, d’après Sano di Pietro, 1444
Portrait’s portrait I, 2006
Saint Jerome dreams that he is being scourged by two angels on the orders of Christ, after Sano di Pietro, 1444
mixed media on paper, 5.5 x 3.5 in
Charles IX, roi de France, d’après François Clouet (atelier), vers 1560-1570
Portrait’s portrait II, 2006
Charles IX, King of France, after François Clouet (workshop), circa 1560-1570
mixed media on paper, 5.5 x 3.5 in
Vénus debout dans un paysage, d’après Lucas Cranach, dit l’Ancien, 1529
Portrait’s portrait III, 2006
Venus standing in a landscape, after Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529
mixed media on paper, 5.5 x 3.5 in
Saint François d’Assise, d’après Giovanni da Milano, vers 1360
Portrait’s portrait IV, 2006
Saint Francis of Assisi, after Giovanni da Milano, circa 1360
mixed media on paper, 6.5 x 5 in
David vainqueur de Goliath, d’après Guido Reni, 1603-1604
Portrait’s portrait V, 2006
David defeating Goliath, after Guido Reni, 1603-1604
mixed media on paper, 5.5 x 4 in
Le Christ en croix, d’après Barthélemy d’Eyck, vers 1450
Portrait’s portrait VI, 2006
Christ on the Cross, after Barthélemy d'Eyck, circa 1450
mixed media on paper, 5.5 x 3.5 in

Portraits’ portraits

In this series, I look through the history of Western art to select portraits and representations of biblical or mythological figures that I reproduce. I copy faces painted from models hundreds of years ago: likenesses of likenesses.