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Jesse Locker
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Professor of art history at Portland State University. Author of Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (Yale University Press) and some other stuff. 2 parts Weltschmerz, 1 part vermouth.
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selfie from beyond 💀🤳 [Ligier Richier, Memorial to René de Châlons, Prince of Orange, 1547, Marble, Church of St. Étienne, Bar-le-Duc]

Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon with a marble statue representing the deceased as a rotting cadaver with his arm raised to heaven(?)
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I'm intrigued: why "with his arm raised to heaven(?)" in the ALT TEXT. Isn't that meant to be a mirror he's holding in his left hand, meant to show him regarding himself in death? Amazing sculpture, in any case! I've never seen it before.

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Jesse Locker
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Professor of art history at Portland State University. Author of Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (Yale University Press) and some other stuff. 2 parts Weltschmerz, 1 part vermouth.
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