A note of ambiguity or unease often gives a piquant quality to German adaptations of the Renaissance ideal. Cranach’s painting of a classical nymph represents an Italian theme but gives it a moralizing twist common to late Gothic courtly and amorous subjects.
On her left hand, along her body, she wears a crimson-red and gold, jeweled bracelet
The creation of works of art during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was often a collaborative process. This panel is part of a triptych painted by two artists:
He holds a bird in one hand, touches Mary’s robe with the other, and a piece of
The creation of works of art during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was often a collaborative process. This panel is part of a triptych painted by two artists:
He holds a bird in one hand, touches Mary’s robe with the other, and a piece of
.]; unknown hand lower right verso in graphite: … Arbeitsloser …
His left hand, on our right, rests on a round orb about the size of an orange, and
Auguste Rodin was born in 1840, the second child and only son of Jean-Baptiste Rodin and Marie Cheffer, first-generation Parisians of modest means. Nothing in his family background or situation suggested that he might become an artist.
Explore Selected Works See all 89 works of art Artwork Auguste Rodin, Hand of
wash over black chalk on buff paper//border in pen and black ink added by later hand
On her lap is an oval shaped palette: the thumb of her left hand hooks through the
Celebrated by Malvasia as the creator and promoter of the new maniera moderna, Guido Reni (1575–1642) introduces the fourth age of painting: a period marked by an original and sometimes bold elaboration of the notion of artistic perfection developed by the Carracci and embodied more specifically by Ludovico’s “synthesis of styles.�
On the one hand, he cannot resist his infatuation with Guido’s work.
· Accession ID 2000.7.30 Artwork John Sartain, The County Election, 1854, hand-colored
