Allegory of Painting by François Boucher https://www.nga.gov/artworks/32679-allegory-painting
She holds up a gold-colored stylus with her right hand, closer to us, with a pointed
She holds up a gold-colored stylus with her right hand, closer to us, with a pointed
at the table in a darkened room, an old woman leans her head on the back of her hand
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Contexts—One Chaotic), 1994, published 2012, color lithograph and screenprint on hand-cut
There is something subversive about seeing an American flag dripping with blood. Faith Ringgold knows that, and she doesn’t shy away.
three figures are linking arms, and the figure on the left holds a knife in one hand
Filmmaker Jem Cohen and National Gallery of Art director Kaywin Feldman discuss the intrigue and timelessness of Bosch’s powerful painting.
KAYWIN FELDMAN: There’s an angel seated behind the miser and has one hand in fact
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Artwork William James Bennett, Niagara Falls from the American Side, published 1840, hand-colored
It is now generally acknowledged that the two greatest painters of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and Henri Matisse, were also two of its greatest sculptors. In 2002 the Gallery acquired its first and, so far, only significant sculpture by Picasso, Head of a Woman (Fernande) , 1909.
may be discerned in the head, but the apparently autoerotic placement of her left hand
Marks Inscriptions lower right in pen and brown ink: Domo Tiepolo f; by later hand
Filippino Lippi 1480 Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand
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1774, roulette and etching with burnishing printed in black ink on laid paper and hand-colored