Portrait d'apparat— a Rococo technique of portraying the
subject with objects associated with him in his daily life—was used by American
painter John Singleton Copley, whose portraits and historical subjects are generally
acclaimed as the finest artist of colonial America. The use of Portrait d’apparat
gave his works liveliness and acuity which was not usually associated with
XVIII century American painting.
<span>A mastaba is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks or stone.</span>
