While most landscapists of the day traveled extensively in search of picturesque or sublime scenery, Constable never left England.
wet-in-wet, Constable used short strokes and a restricted color palette to train his hand
and ocher robe sprinkled with orange stars holds a horned beast aloft in his left hand
Late Cypriot II Date: ca. 1450–1200 BCE Culture: Cypriot Medium: Terracotta; hand-made
long tunic, indicating his position in the church as a deacon, and in his right hand
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in gathering China mid-18th century Bowl with acrobatic performance China Hand
charioteer stands in his quadriga, holding a victory wreath in his outstretched right hand
Acquired in Angola by Count Admiral Francisco Antonio Gonçalves Cardoso (1800–1875), Governor of Portuguese Angola (1866–1869); by descent to his family until before 1981; (Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, June 24, 1981, no
Instrument in hand, the chief is cast as a repository and guardian of historical
Dürer revolutionized printmaking, elevating it to the level of an independent art form. He expanded its tonal and dramatic range, and provided the imagery with a new conceptual foundation.
Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso
in the same ink used to retouch the drawing, in what may be a sixteenth-century hand
In his left hand is a prayer staff carried by traveling monastics, and in his right
