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 * Ml**Natalie De Leon & Karina Jara

1. Leonardo Da Vinci : Self Portrait - c. 1512 - 1515 //Self Portrait.// 1512-1515 Tuesday Oct.5 2010 //[]//
 * MLA Citation:**

"One such theory is that Leonardo himself is the subject of the painting. This theory has been presented using existing self-portraits of the artist as supporting evidence. Unfortunately, the supporting evidence is still rather thin as others still will argue that Leonardo often used the same facial structures in his painting and a few scholars have even argued that the purported self-portrait might actually be a portrait of Leonardo’s mother. An interesting idea is that although the painting is of Lisa Gherardini, the inspiration for the face comes from Leonardo’s assistant, Gian Giacomo Caprotti, also known as Salai." I think Leonardo Da Vinici is a target because they think that it is a picture of his mother. 2. Leonardo Da Vinci : St. John the Baptist - 1513 - 1516

//Self Portrait. 1513-1516// Tuesday Oct.5 2010 //[]//
 * MLA Citation:**

"Other theories include the possibility of different models altogether, including Isabella of Aragon or Constanza d’Avalos. Both women were at one time acquaintances of Leonardo and had commissions with him. Isabella in particular was very persistent to have Leonardo complete her commission, and of the two sketches he did of her, Da Vinci kept one copy to himself, refusing to return it despite her pleas. Additionally, a painting of Isabella by Raphael greatly resembles the Mona Lisa. While theories abound though, it is still largely believed that the true face of the Mona Lisa is Lisa Gherardini."

I think Leonardo Da Vinic is a target because it resembles Mona Lisa.

3. Salvador Dali Self-Portrait 1942

//Self Portrait. 1942// Tuesday Oct.5 2010 []
 * MLA Citation:**

" His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Sometimes called Soft Watches or Melting Clocks, the painting suggests __[|Albert Einstein's]__ theory that time is relative and not fixed. It is Dali’s personal use of the world of the unconscious, based on the theories of Freud that made him famous and recurring images of burning giraffes, melting watches and other dream-like images became the artist’s surrealist trademarks . "

I think Salvador Dali is a target get because he is one of the best-known artist.

Stephanie Zaragoza,Deshire Singleton Per.3 1. Marie-Geneviève Bouliar French, 1763-1825 Oil on canvas Norton Simon Art Foundation
 * Self-Portrait,** 1792

//Self Portrait. 1792 Tuesday October 5,2010// **:http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/adv_search.php?req=advsearch&resultnum=1**
 * MLA Citation:**

Marie-Geneviève Bouliar studied with portrait painter Joseph-Siffred Duplessis and was one of a small group of women artists who exhibited at the Paris Salon during the period after the French Revolution. Her portraits communicate a warm, human sympathy for the subject and are generally informal in spirit and simple in presentation**.**Since the exhibitions procured her more private portrait commissions, she painted portraits in principle only.

I think Lamont Shanteau would want to steal this self portrait because she communicates in a spiritual way,so it could be valueable because its spirtitual.

2. Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669 Oil on panel The Norton Simon Foundation
 * Self-Portrait,** c. 1636-38

//Self Portrait, 1636-1638, October 5,2010, []//
 * MLA Citation:**

Rembrandt was his own favorite model, and there is no moment in the artist's biography that he did not vividly represent. Rembrandt portrays himself here in the characteristic beret that had been associated with the artistic milieu since the sixteenth century. The chain around his neck was a symbol of prestige awarded to artists, often by a noble patron. The combination of elegant attire and an artist's attributes elevates Rembrandt to the status of a fine artist. This distinction was important at a time when artists were only beginning to realize their social standing among the creative elite.

I think Lamont Shanteau will steal this fine art work because he wore a chain that was a symbol of prestrige and was very very unique.

3. Edgar Germaine Hilaire Degas French, about 1857 - 1858 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

//Self Portrait,1857-1858, October 5,2010, []// In this self-portrait a young Edgar Degas turns his head to look out at the spectator. He wears casual clothes, including an open collar and broad brimmed hat. The informal, extreme close-up view of Degas's face and his impassive, almost sullen expression echo the unpretentiousness of his clothing. The small-scale, informal presentation and lightness of touch emphasize the intimacy of this image and the still-tentative character of the young artist. Around 1857, when he was twenty-three or twenty-four, Degas traveled to Italy, where he spent much of his time making copies after Renaissance masters. The period was one of self-education and he drew prolifically, writing in one of his notebooks, "I must thoroughly realize I know nothing at all; it is the only way to get ahead." Finding in himself a willing sitter, he made fifteen or more self-portraits in various media during his time in Italy.
 * MLA Citation:**

I think Lamont Shanteau would steal this self portrait because maybe this guy has a big ego, line of word "No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament . . . I know nothing." --Edgar Germaine Hilaire Degas

Amisadai flores Adelson lucero. Artist Jacques Villon [Gaston Duchamp] (Damville (Eure) 1875 - Puteaux (near Paris) 1963) MLA Citation.self portrait. 1923. Parris.05 October 2010..rrobert_collection/self_portrait_jacques_villon_gaston_duchamp//objectview.aspx

He helped organize the first Salon d'Automne. Thats one of the reasons his art work would want to be stolen.

?OID=150000218&collID=15&dd1=15Rembrandt vanRijn. MLA. self portrait. 1960.Amsterdam.05 October 2010.http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/european_paintings/self_portrait_rembrandt_rembrandt_van_rijn//objectview.aspx?OID=110001847&collID=11&dd1=11

He was considered the most greatest painter of all times. His art might want to be stolen because hes also considere a prophet of civilization.

waker evens. MLA Citation. Walker evens. self portrait. June 1928. 05 October 2010. Metropilotan Museum. .http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/self_portrait_walker_evans/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=1080&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190035002&vT=1&hi=0&ov=0

He was best known for the art work of Farm Security Administration. His painting might want to be stolen because he never finished high school but although very succesfull.