I believe the correct answer is: “Las Meninas” by Diego Velázquez.
John Singer Sargent's technique of applying paint in thin
layers was influenced by the “Las Meninas”, a painting by Diego Velázquez, the
leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Sargent painted a small-scale copy of
the painting “Las Meninas”, after which he painted a homage to the painting in
his “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit”.
Answer:
The painters name is Leonardo DaVinci
All (people) who were present in "The Masque of the Red Death" froze when the ebony clock chimed. All the activities ceased with the sounding of each hour by the clock. Musicians paused, waltzers stopped dancing, and the giddy grew pale.