Packet 10: Tossup 20

In a painting by this artist, two wings sprout out of a woman’s hair as she sits resting her arm on a blue orb. This artist painted a woman with a drawing-compass by a chess set and another woman sketching the Belvedere Torso (15[1]-5[1])in two of four oval ceiling paintings (15[1])created for the Somerset House allegorizing different (15[1])“Elements (15[1])of Art.” This artist, (15[1])who exchanged portraits with (*) Joshua Reynolds, (10[1])is depicted (10[1])as (10[1])a portrait (10[1])hanging (10[1])next to (10[1])Mary Moser’s (10[1])in a (10[2])group portrait (10[1])by Johann Zoffany. (10[1])In a moralizing painting by this artist, (10[1])a woman in red flaunting jewelry is contrasted (10[1])with the title (10[1])modestly-dressed mother, who (-5[1])gestures to her sons, Tiberius and Gaius. (10[1])For 10 points, Cornelia Presenting (10[1])Her Children as Her (10[1])Treasures (10[1]-5[1])is by what co-founder of the Royal Academy, a Swiss-born woman (10[1])artist? ■END■ (10[1]0[5])

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