Round 9: 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 (-5[1])in two of four oval ceiling paintings created for the Somerset House allegorizing different “Elements of Art.” This artist, who exchanged portraits with (*) Joshua Reynolds, is depicted as a portrait (10[1])hanging next to Mary Moser’s in a group portrait by Johann Zoffany. (10[1])In a moralizing painting by this artist, a woman in red flaunting jewelry is contrasted with the title modestly-dressed mother, who gestures to her sons, Tiberius and Gaius. For 10 points, Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures (10[1])is by what co-founder of the Royal Academy, a Swiss-born woman artist? ■END■ (10[1])

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