Myra (painting) Myra (painting) Myra is a large painting created by Marcus Harvey in 1995. It was displayed at the "Sensation" exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art in London from 8 September to 28 December 1997. The work measures . At first sight, it resembles a greatly magnified version of a black and white photograph printed in a newspaper. It was made using casts of an infant's hand to build up a mosaic of black, grey and white handprints, creating a reproduction of the iconic police photograph of a hard-faced Myra Hindley with bouffant peroxide blonde hair
Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair is a painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt, painted in 1633. It hangs in the Taft Museum of Art of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The oil on canvas portrait measures . It is signed and dated 1633, and there is no doubt of its authenticity. The pose of the wealthy subject is unusually animated, as he is rising, perhaps to greet a visitor or to introduce him to his wife depicted in a companion painting. The portrait and its pendant, "Portrait of a Young