Dürer was born in Nuremberg and received a typical medieval training from his goldsmith father and from the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut. Yet he was one of the major transmitters of the ideas of the Italian Renaissance to artists in the North.
The woman’s left hand, to our right, supports the baby’s neck, and her other
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.
That hand curls around the terminal of the chair, which is carved with a stylized
He holds a tall, gold staff topped with a jeweled cross in his left hand, to our
Who is this elegant lady? A noblewoman surely, and most likely a member of the court of Cosimo I de‘ Medici, Duke of Florence in the mid-sixteenth century.
brocade dress and gold jewelry fills most of this vertical portrait, but her right hand
Francis Basset (1757–1835) likely commissioned Thomas Gainsborough to paint a pair of portraits depicting himself and his wife, Frances Susanna Coxe (c. 1760–1823), soon after he purchased their new home in 1785.
The woman holds a feather in the hand resting in her lap.
He wears a checked tie and crosses his arms, holding one cupped hand up as if shielding
The rider holds a long lance in the left hand, on the far side of the horse, but
he stares through the shattered upper pane of the window and he holds his right hand
Names National Gallery of Art Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by unknown hand
screenprint on wove paper Accession ID 2008.82.1.5 Not on view Artwork Hidden Hand
