This painting is an outstanding example of the abstract elegance characteristic of Rogier’s late portraits. Although the identity of the sitter is unknown, her air of self–conscious dignity suggests that she is a member of the nobility.
, Files Regarding Works of Art, Box 302, folders 7-8, Getty Research Institute, Los
Pieter de Hooch excelled in the sensitive depiction of people going about their daily lives, be it inside their houses or in the sheltered environment of an urban courtyard. His masterly control of light, color, and complex perspectival construction can be compared to the work of Johannes Vermeer, his contemporary and colleague in Delft.
Los Angeles, 2006: 20 fig. 17, 21, 72 nn. 17 and 18. 2010 Powell, Amy.
Peter Paul Rubens lived and studied in Italy between 1600 and 1609, absorbing the country’s cultural riches and artistic heritage. During a stay in Genoa in 1606, he painted the portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria.
reel 141; accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los
The creation of works of art during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was often a collaborative process. The partnership of the two artists here— Puccio painted the center and right-hand panel of this tryptych and Allegretto the left—is a bit unusual, since they were not based in the same city.
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los
This painting is based on a true account of a shark attack in Havana Harbor in 1749. John Singleton Copley depicts a critical moment in the attempted rescue of 14-year-old Brook Watson.
Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Los
Here is Dutch artist Judith Leyster at her easel, taking a break from painting to engage with us. In what might be considered an early selfie, she leans her forearm on the chair and suspends her paintbrush in midair, as if she’ll turn back to the canvas in a moment.
Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1976: 139. 1978 King, Marian.
The Protestant Dutch had a reputation for strict rules that defined social conduct. Only on rare occasions, such as a betrothal when a suitor was expected to show passion for his future wife, would a demonstration of emotion be considered proper.
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Los
This Coronation of the Virgin may be the first time the subject, which originated in the West, appears in Venetian art. Some of the earliest representations were carved above cathedral doorways in France—and certain elements in the Gallery’s painting—its elaborate halos, for example—share in the decorative elegance of Gothic art.
Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Series
a Standard gas station while driving on Route 66, an iconic US highway, between Los
Musician Rafiq Bhatia feels compelled to capture his improvisations—fleeting moments of sound—in recordings. Like sound, light is transient. But James Turrell’s works, which inspired Bhatia’s composition, contain and present light, allowing us to forge a deeper relationship with an ephemeral substance.
James Turrell Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, James Turrell studied experimental psychology
