Anne-Lise Desmas
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Anne-Lise Desmas is senior curator and head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Notes From a 1930s School Trip to Notre-Dame de Paris
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Peek inside a girl’s illustrated notebook during a tour of the cathedral on a rainy day in Paris
Child’s Portrait Sheds Light on a Violent Episode in Renaissance History
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New research reveals that a 15th-century sculpture in the Getty’s collection is associated with a harrowing episode of anti-Semitic violence
Edme Bouchardon’s Pocket-Sized Masterpieces
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The French artist filled his pocket notebooks with sketches of inspirational artworks, and an intriguing self-portrait
Rodin Joins the Impressionists
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The story and craft of Auguste Rodin’s Christ and Mary Magdalene, which now dwells among the Getty Museum’s 19th-century French paintings
No Beauty Contest
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18th-century English lord curates Getty Museum gallery