The Virgin Adoring the Child by Sandro Botticelli https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41583-virgin-adoring-child
Kress Foundation Exhibition History 1933 Five Centuries of European Painting, Los
Kress Foundation Exhibition History 1933 Five Centuries of European Painting, Los
Giovanni della Casa, who is in all likelihood the subject of this portrait, belonged to a wealthy Tuscan family and rose to prominence in the service of the church. As poet, humanist, and political theorist, he circulated at the highest levels of Italian intellectual life.
Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
Gentile da Fabriano’s patrons were princes, the church, and various city governments as well as the customary merchant clients. His art has a cosmopolitan flavor, in which brilliant color, textural richness, and ornamental pattern are combined.
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
A pair of portraits of Emilia di Spilimbergo and her younger sister Irene was begun in about 1558, most likely in anticipation of their prospective marriages. The initial reason may have been to present two highly eligible, aristocratic young women to potential husbands, or the portraits may have been intended as permanent mementos for the sisters’ family after they were married.
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
from the mid-1630s, such as the Portrait of a Man, presumably Pieter Tjarck in the Los
Asian Americans are often left out of view of US history. But their lives—and their art—are an essential part of the nation’s story.
Family Endure Japanese Internment Ruth Asawa grew up on a farm in the greater Los
Blayds sale appears in an annotated copy of the sale catalogue in the Getty Library, Los
In 1876, Renoir began to paint anecdotal depictions of women and children, subjects in which he excelled. A Girl with a Watering Can , typical of these works, displays a mature impressionist style attuned to the specific requirements of figure painting.
Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
family, such as the two portraits of his wife (Emma in the Purple Dress, 1919, Los
In European art, images of children blowing soap bubbles often suggest how frivolous and short our time on earth is. Life, like fragile bubbles, is fleeting.
59, repro. 1990 Masterpiece in Focus: Soap Bubbles by Jean Siméon Chardin, Los