Cortes’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.
Grand Ball of Garbanzo Sellers
J. Cortes Mexican, active c. 1900-1910
Reliable Calaveras
Cortes Mexican
The Commercial Calavera
J. Cortes Mexican
The Battle of Zama
After Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
The Calumny of Apelles
Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533/36-1578) after Federico Zuccaro (Italian, c. 1542-1609)
Adam and Eve and the Expulsion from Paradise
Cornelis Cort Netherlandish, 1533-before 1578
Saint Francis Penitent in a Large Landscape
Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533/36-1578) Girolamo Muziano (Italian, 1528-1592)
Corte del Paradiso
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903
Skirt (Corte)
Maya Possibly San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Guatemala
Maya Possibly Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala
Two Figures with Docked Boats near Windmill
Hendrick Frans de Cort Flemish, 1742-1810
Justice Rewarding the Worthy
Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533-before 1578) after Federico Zuccaro (Italian, 1540/41-1609) published by Antonio Lafreri (French, active Italy, 1512-1577)
Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel
Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–before 1578) after Frans Floris I (Netherlandish, 1519/20–1570)
Hercules besieged by Pygmies
Music from The Seven Liberal Arts
A Game of Chess, Palimpsest
Alex Da Corte American, born 1980
Tarquin and Lucretia
Monogrammist M. G. (active Rome, c. 1580/90) after Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533-before1578) after Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)
Quiché Maya Possibly San Tomás Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Maya Probably Quezaltenango, Guatemala
Maya Guatemala