The Smiling Girl by Anonymous Artist https://www.nga.gov/artworks/62-smiling-girl
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Los
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Los
Among the most memorable characters in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s hugely popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) is Nydia, a blind flower seller. In love with the noble-born Glaucus, who is engaged to Ione, Nydia knows the hopelessness of her position and endures her suffering with quiet courage.
.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008-2009, no. 125, repro.
Pisanello, who was a painter as well as a medalist, is generally credited with having invented the Renaissance medal form, as well as having brought it to its highest potential. He made several medals of the Marquess of Ferrara, this one being for the occasion of Leonello’s marriage to Maria of Aragon in 1444.
Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998-1999, not in catalogue (shown only in Washington
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1998-1999, no. 3, repro. 2011 HeroÃnas [Heroines
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, the son of an accountant. His mother died shortly after he was born, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents and two aunts in Weehawken, directly across the Hudson River from New York City.
The Art Galleries, University of California, Los Angeles, 1955. 1969 Zigrosser
Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its warmth.
Charitable Trust Exhibition History 1979 The Golden Century of Venetian Painting, Los
Monet planted gardens wherever he lived. When he rented this house at Vétheuil, he made arrangements with the owner to landscape the terraces, which lead down to the Seine.
1999 Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los
Born in 1844 to a working-class family in Laval, France, Henri Rousseau worked briefly for a lawyer and served a stint in the military before taking a position at a French customs post in 1868; the nickname “ Le Douanier “ (the customs inspector) remained with him even after his retirement in 1893.
Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los
1983, no. 4, repro. 1986 The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985, Los