Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Rigolette Seeks To Distract Herself During The Absence Of Germain (1844) by Joseph-Désiré Court Artist Notes: Joseph-Désiré Court was a French academic painter celebrated for his grand historical scenes, portraits, and mythological subjects. A successful artist of 19th-century France, Court combined meticulous technique with the dramatic compositions and idealized figures favored by the Academic…