Edwin Landseer was only 18 when he painted this powerful work showing a rescue in the Great Saint Bernard Pass in the Alps. Two dogs have found an unconscious man partially buried by snow.
National Gallery, London: Agnew Picture Stock Book, 1874-1879, reference NGA27/1/1/5, p.
Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust that took place in 1475 in Florence for Giuliano de‘ Medici’s coming of age. The bust was originally painted and possibly adorned with a metal helmet and other decoration, projecting an exuberance especially evident in the winged face modeled on Giuliano’s fanciful armor.
Boston, 1937: repro. opposite p. 22. 1941 Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and
H. 28 p[ouces]; L. 33 p. T[oile].
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[fig1] Photo: bpk, Berlin / Staatliche Museen, Berlin / Jörg P.
Albert Bierstadt created this scenic view of Lake Lucerne and the Swiss Alps using dozens of sketches he made on-site. Bierstadt, a German immigrant, had returned to his birthplace for training.
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Gold and silver threads add life to this tapestry, often described as the finest surviving from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Everything indicates that this was an important commission:
Arts XI, no. 1 (Fall-Winter 2003-2004):41, repro. 42. 2007 Campbell, Thomas P.
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
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.
1996: 178, 194, pl. 36, color. 2011 Keyes, George S., Tom Rassieur, and Dennis P.
