Saint Jerome and the Angel by Simon Vouet https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46151-saint-jerome-and-angel
His open left hand is raised, palm up, at shoulder height.
His open left hand is raised, palm up, at shoulder height.
Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, pages 76-81, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
up over his head with his far arm, and holds a lance down by his side with the hand
The strength and vitality of the people who helped establish the new Dutch Republic are nowhere better captured than in the work of Frans Hals, who was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century. This unidentified sitter—one of Hals’ most impressive portraits—was sixty years old when the painting was made, according to the artist’s inscription.
She holds a small brown leather book tooled with gold ornament in her right hand,
In contrast to the man with whom she shares this outdoor scene, the female figure is incongruously naked. Her features seem generalized.
The man rests one hand on her shoulder and holds up a mirror with the other.
child stands with a delicate scepter tucked into one elbow as he holds up his other hand
She holds his left hand with her left hand, both to our right, and her other arm
Adriaen de Vries won international fame for active bronze figures that reflect both his study of nature and his training in Florence with Giovanni Bologna, the greatest 16th-century sculptor after Michelangelo. De Vries’s complicated poses continued the style known as mannerism, but he also saw ancient bronze sculpture as a model to surpass.
Empire, her head is encircled with a ring of laurel leaves, and she lifts her left hand
The Beast holds up a flaming sword with the right hand, to our left, and a flaming
In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling’s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols which explain the importance of Christ’s mission on earth.
She holds an open book with her left hand, on our right, and supports the sitting
She rests the long fingers of one hand on the baby’s shin and braces his side torso