Johann Zoffany, German
In Honor of the Movie’s Oscar Victory, the Theme of Tonight’s Gallery Opening Is “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” 1772-77
Oil on canvas
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Info, or links that point to perhaps more info, about this artist can be found here, here (archived if necessary), here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page.
/// In the Tribuna of the Uffizi,
Johann Zoffani captured what we’d see.
Eighty great works of art,
(some complete, some in part).
It’s where tribute and forgery meet. See?
/// A commission from King George the third,
this request was extreme (and absurd).
The King paid Johann’s salary
to depict the whole gallery,
and the artist complied, undeterred.
/// Twas Queen Charlotte pledged three hundred pounds
for this tour de force oil which abounds
with Fiorenze’s best works.
Britain’s Crown bought these perks:
“See” this art without leaving their grounds.
/// In the Best Picture’s sci-fi conceit,
there’s a “multiverse” where folks repeat.
In one version that lingers,
people have “hot-dog fingers.”
There, Zoffany must paint with his feet.