Miguel’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Drinking Cup (Bernegal)
Miguel de Urbiola (active New Spain [now Mexico], 1619–25) Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico)

Bathers and a Woman Carrying a Basket
Miguel Covarrubias Mexican, 1904-1957

Two Native Girls
Miguel Covarrubias Mexican, 1904-1957

Man and Woman
Miguel Covarrubias Mexican, 1904-1957

Scarf (Commemorating the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944))
Designed by Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904-1957) Produced by Artes Internacionales (Cuernavaca, Mexico)

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid
Georges Vantongerloo Belgian, 1886–1965

Excavation
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

Sideboard
Daniel Pabst (American, 1826–1910) Philadelphia

The Crucifixion
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)

Miguel Covarrubias
Edward Steichen American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973

At the Moulin Rouge
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)

Pastoral Landscape with Ruins
Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636–1672)

The Philosopher's Conquest
Giorgio de Chirico Italian, born Greece, 1888–1978

Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia
Martín de Soria (Spanish, active 1449–87)

Houses at Chatou
Maurice de Vlaminck French, 1876–1958

Penitent Saint Peter
Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1588–1652)

Jeronimo de Bran
Lucas Emil Vorsterman (Flemish, 1595-1675) after Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607-1674)

Untitled XI
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

Old Man and Young Girl
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

Corpus of Christ, from the Altarpiece of the Crucifixion
Jacques de Baerze (Netherlandish, active before 1384–1399) Melchior Broederlam (Netherlandish, about 1355–about 1411)