image of an inverted portrait of a man with a red hat reflected within two glass vessels

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Still Life with Portrait and Vessels of Water, August 1987

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Barbara Swann is known for her complex still lifes, often including reflections and refractions from vessels full of liquid. Here, the fellow in the red hat is based on a portrait by the famous Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510), now in the National Gallery, Washington DC.

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Title
Still Life with Portrait and Vessels of Water
Artist Life
1922–2003
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.133.15
Provenance
John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn. (until d. 2012); by descent to his daughter Catherine Andrus, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2018.
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image of an inverted portrait of a man with a red hat reflected within two glass vessels

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