There is little doubt that these two portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn (see also NGA 1942.9.67) were conceived as pendants, or companion pieces. In both, light illuminates the subjects from exactly the same angle.
B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E.
to Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th marquess of Londonderry [b.
Kress, Rush Kress, P. A. B. Widener, Joseph Widener, Lessing J.
Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer.
When were you your bravest? Plunge into the harrowing story of Watson and the Shark and reflect on what we do when we’re overcome by both fear and awe. Â
West Building West Building Main Floor, Gallery 60-B Register on Monday, Dec
Accession Number 2014.136.411.a-b Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance
When were you your bravest? Plunge into the harrowing story of Watson and the Shark and reflect on what we do when we’re overcome by both fear and awe. Â
West Building West Building Main Floor, Gallery 60-B Register on Monday, Dec
Inscriptions & Marks Watermarks -L / –B (unidentified) Research Resources Wikidata
Provenance Possibly Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (sale, Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, Album B,
When his friend Marcotte first suggested that Ingres paint Ines Moitessier, the wife of a financier and jurist, he demurred. Ingres changed his mind after being struck by her „terrible et belle tête“ (terrible and beautiful head.) The author Théophile Gautier described her as „Junolike,“ and Ingres presents her with the imposing remoteness of a Roman goddess.
1850-1934], by 1921;[2] probably her son, François,[3] comte Taillepied de Bondy [b.
