Alfred Robaut, Paris (until 1899; sold on February 21 for Fr 6,000 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899; stock no. 5026, as „Italienne“; sold on December 8, 1899 or January 25, 1900 to Durand-Ruel, New York]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1899/1900–1903; stock no
Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris) 1842 or earlier Landscape In the manner
Two Vessels Inscribed with a Poem on Wine (MMA 64.133.2 and British Museum ME OA 1938.11-12.1)These sophisticated vessels, inscribed with verses inviting one to drink, echo the close connection between wine drinking and literature in upper-class social practice of the medieval Islamic period
Learn more about this artwork A Ninth-Century Miss Manners: Dining Etiquette in
The Artist: The Sienese master Simone Martini was one of the greatest and most influential painters of his time. His work combines an astonishing mastery of naturalistically observed details with an exquisite technique
Simone’s refined technique and descriptive powers, evident in the realistic manner
According to Giorgio Vasari, The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, one of the artist’s greatest late works, was painted for the Florentine Giovanni Borgherini. The biographer described the subject of the painting as „the Virgin, an infant St
, p. 31, under no. 154; vol. 3, fig. 849, calls it a „masterpiece of the ‚grand manner
Each of Moretto’s rare portraits of the 1520s and 1530s demonstrates his innovative approach to the genre, culminating in the outstanding Portrait of a Man (National Gallery, London, NG 1025) of 1526, one the earliest full-length, life-size, independent portraits in Italy
considers it one of the paintings in which Moretto most closely approaches the manner
This work is usually identified as depicting Marius’s victory over the invading Cimbrian Gauls at Vercellae, in Lombardy, an event that took place in 101 B.C. It is from a series of ten monumental canvases of scenes from Roman history that Tiepolo painted for the grand reception room of the Palazzo Dolfin in Venice
What makes these pictures so compelling as works of art is the manner in which Roman
This beautiful and moving picture was acquired in 1908 by one of Bellini’s most eloquent admirers, the great British critic Roger Fry (1866–1934), who was employed by the Museum at the time (see Fry 1908)
Milan, 1937, p. 114, fig. 119, observes a new softness in Bellini’s manner apparent
This work depicts the triumphal procession of the Roman general Gaius Marius, in his chariot, with the defeated African king Jugurtha, in chains, walking before him, an event that took place in 104 B.C
What makes these pictures so compelling as works of art is the manner in which Roman
The Picture: A vase of flowers stands on a stone socle, its contents spilling forth from the surrounding alcove. Visible on the heavily shadowed vase, perhaps made of terracotta or gilt bronze, are the plump figure of a reclining putto, vegetable ornamentation, and a grotesque face
at any moment,� as well as “the ants, the snails, the butterflies, and all manner
The Damascus Room is a residential reception chamber (qaʿa) typical of the late Ottoman period in Damascus, Syria.
Illustration from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by
