The Camera Obscura by Charles Amédée Philippe Van Loo https://www.nga.gov/artworks/32578-camera-obscura
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001-2002, no. 243, as The Camera Obscura.
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001-2002, no. 243, as The Camera Obscura.
Women at work provided inspiration for Degas. In addition to ballet dancers and cabaret singers, he also painted milliners and dressmakers, laundresses and ironers—such as the young woman here.
1999 Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los
Renoir had his girlfriend Lise Tréhot pose as the ancient Roman goddess Diana. He chose a mythological subject and painted it at grand scale in hopes of getting this picture into the largest art show of the time, the Salon.
Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
In The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion , Lucas Cranach the Elder chose to portray a scene of religious redemption. The crucified Christ, silhouetted against a darkened and troubled sky, is at the point of death;
Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
, selling the painting in 1937 (Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
Knoedler & Co. records, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (copies, NGA curatorial
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Pierre Apraxine and Maria Umali, Gilman Paper Company
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2008-2009); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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.
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los