Judith Leyster’s Self–Portrait exudes pride and self–confidence, and it has become one of the National Gallery of Art’s most popular Dutch paintings. Leyster has depicted herself at her easel, briefly …
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Bagpipe Player
Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588–1629), as no other Dutch artist, could capture the rhythms of music in the very way he composed his paintings. His musicians lean into their instruments, their …
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A Concert
Reproduced on the cover of the standard monograph on Cariani, A Concert is widely regarded as the artist’s masterpiece. The painting first came to light in the 1960s, when it …
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Orpheus
Artist: Venetian 16th Century Title: Orpheus Dated: c. 1515 Medium: oil on panel transferred to canvas Classification: Painting Dimensions: overall: 39.5 x 81 cm (15 9/16 x 31 7/8 in.) …
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The Feast of the Gods
Giovanni Bellini and Titian’s The Feast of the Gods is one of the greatest Renaissance paintings in the United States by two fathers of Venetian art. In this illustration of …
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The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as „the best known, the most visited, the most …
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Wreath of Laurel
Ginevra de’ Benci’s portrait is two-sided. This is the back, an emblematic portrait of Ginevra. A scroll bears her Latin motto, meaning „Beauty Adorns Virtue.” In the emblem’s center, a …
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Ginevra de’ Benci
Portrait Painting in Florence in the Later 1400s She was the daughter of a wealthy Florentine banker, and her portrait—the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas—was probably …
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