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In the Studio The Weight You Carry Home A young man bends under the weight of an old man on his back, and the old man holds on. Around 1514 Raphael drew the pair in red chalk, a … read more

In the Studio She Was Never Finished The most famous face on earth is an unfinished job. Leonardo da Vinci began the portrait of a Florentine silk merchant's wife around 1503, ne … read more

In the Studio Whose Madonna Is It? The loudest thing in the Madonna Litta is the smallest. In the Christ child's left hand sits a goldfinch, a bird that stands for his future … read more

In the Studio Dressed to Be Looked At Everything about the young man in Manet's Young Man in the Costume of a Majo is built to be looked at. The canvas is nearly two metres … read more

In the Studio Watch the Hands Nobody in La Tour's Fortune-Teller is looking at the crime. A young man of means leans in to hear his future. An old woman takes the coin from his p … read more