This painting shows the back view of a person sitting cross-legged on a blue-green mat or rug with yellow details, carving a large slab of white stone with gray marbling. The person has light brown skin and dark, straight hair, and they are wearing a gold arm band and a leopard print garment wrapped around their waist over what looks like orange pants visible at their knees. They hold a small chisel and hammer, and are carving small lines into the flat stone. The right and top edges of the stone slab have intricate patterns and designs, including the outline of a standing person wearing a…
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An Aztec Sculptor

painter George de Forest Brush (American, 1854 or 1855 - 1941)

1887

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 31.8 x 58.9 cm (12 1/2 x 23 3/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of the Ann and Tom Barwick Family Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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