F.’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.

Curved walls in the Julien Levy Gallery at 15 East 57th St.
F. M. Demarest American, active mid-20th century

Infantry Armor and Targe (Shield)
Master I.P.F. (Italian) Milan

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England

Composite Field Armor
Italian, Milan

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Composite Boy's Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
South German; Augsburg

Hussar's Armor
Polish

Three-Quarter Field Armor of Anime Construction
Michel Witz the Younger (Austrian, active 1525—60) Innsbruck

Pikeman Armor for an Officer
English, Greenwich

Display Cabinet
Louis-Désire-Eugène Gaillard French, 1862-1933

After Franz Marc: 1-6
Sherrie Levine American, born 1947

Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion
South German; Augsburg

Oneika I
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Infantry Armor
German, possibly Cologne

Infantry Armor
Northern German, Brunswick

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)

Woman under Six Lights
Ralph M. Hattersley American, 1921–2000

Hunting Trousse (Waidpraxe) with the Coat of Arms and Initials of Christian II, Elector of Saxony
German (Saxony), Dresden Silversmith: Joachim Puttlost, active 1607-1652