Dan, as I study # 18, Paolo Veronese - The Triumph of Mordecai- I marvel at the painter’s skill. Lots of movement and action here. I wonder if he made a paper banner, and studied it prior to his sketches. The perspective also creates drama, and takes great skill to portray. Glad you selected this one.
Veronese paintings are grandiose and with great theatrical effects. This work was painted on the ceiling of a church in Venice. Lots of action here with Haman on the black horse, about to fall down and Mordecai, holding the royal insignia, marching in triumph.
Perhaps you have noticed, Leon, that occasionally--though not today--I include an artist's study sketch. Many of Rembrandt's seem to have survived, along with some Tissots.
I don't much care for "ground-up" views. You find them dramatic and skillful, whereas they just seem ostentatious to me. To each his own!