[probably Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by 1895–until 1896; stock book B, no. 3451, as „maisons étagées,“ sold on February 27, 1896 to Costa]; probably count Enrico Costa (from 1896); [Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1904/6–until 1924; sold on February 12, 1924 to Thannhauser]; [Justin K
1972], p. 225, fig. 16-8 (color), calls it an example of Cézanne’s "constructive 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
versions "pell-mell, deliberately anarchic" that is transformed to "a pedantic manner
The Painting: This very unusual mixed-media picture shows a rehearsal for a ballet. The view is from a slightly elevated point above the orchestra pit; the scrolls of two double basses are just visible in the foreground, radically cropped at the bottom of the canvas
rejected for submission to the "Illustrated London News" and later added to in a manner
On view May 9 through August 5, 2007, the exhibition explores the Paul Poiret’s modernity in relation to and as an expression of the dominant discourses of the early twentieth century, including Cubism, Classicism, Orientalism, Symbolism, and Primitivism.
In his typically sybaritic manner, however, Poiret tended to conflate Western and
This work is usually identified as depicting the bloody capture of Carthage by Publius Cornelius Scipio, an event that took place in 146 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
Designed as an integral feature of the Museum, the gardens have been a major attraction of The Cloisters since its opening in 1938, enhancing both the setting in which the Museum’s collection of medieval art is displayed and the visitor’s understanding of medieval life.
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‚Firetail‘ — Mountain Fleece* Physostegia virginiana ‚Pink Manners
This painting, one of Bor’s finest works, dates from about 1640. Its subject and its relationship to a similar picture in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, have been debated, but it is likely that the two canvases were painted as a pair and depict the complementary stories of the disillisioned Medea and Cydippe with Acontius’s apple (see fig
Obviously the artist conveys these ideas in the most understated manner, which is
