After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
New York, 2006: 340, fig. 602. 2011 Keyes, George S., Tom Rassieur, and Dennis P.
A striking young woman—with loose, untied hair and sleeves and a richly jeweled but informal gown—returns the viewer’s gaze. In her time, a viewer would have seen her as being in a state of semiundress.
Milan, 1969: 124. 1972 Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri.
In contrast to the man with whom she shares this outdoor scene, the female figure is incongruously naked. Her features seem generalized.
Milan, 1969: no. 53. 1972 Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri.
This Coronation of the Virgin may be the first time the subject, which originated in the West, appears in Venetian art. Some of the earliest representations were carved above cathedral doorways in France—and certain elements in the Gallery’s painting—its elaborate halos, for example—share in the decorative elegance of Gothic art.
Venice, 1971: 23, 24 (repro.), 30-31. 1972 Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico
the dog appears on a snuffbox in the Wrightsman Collection, New York (F. J. B.
The unusual subject of this painting comes from one of Aesop’s fables. In his Man and the Satyr , he related how a demigod helped a peasant who was lost on a wintry day.
holding a swaddled baby, and a satyr, which has a man’s torso and goat’s legs, sit
young girl wearing a rust-red dress with a tight bodice and full, voluminous skirt sits
Few artists could match Moroni’s skill in depicting the appearance of his sitters, far less his ability to conjure the inner workings of their minds. The identity of the gentleman in this penetrating portrait is a mystery.
lining along the back of the chair, to our right, and the cushion on which the man sits
cloth is between Jesus and the stone surface, where a copper-colored ointment jar sits
Zoom Out Recenter Visual Description Sixteen men, women, and children sit
