One of Domenico Veneziano’s major works is an altarpiece that he painted about 1445 for the Church of Santa Lucia dei Magnoli, in Florence. The incident illustrated in this small panel from the base of the altarpiece is John’s act of exchanging his rich, worldly clothes for a rough, camel–hair coat.
Rather than showing the saint in the usual manner, as a mature, bearded hermit, Domenico
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, born in Leiden on July 15, 1606, was the son of a miller, Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn, and his wife, Neeltgen van Zuytbrouck. The youngest son of at least ten children, Rembrandt was not expected to carry on his father’s business.
1650s and early 1660s, stylistic trends had veered away from his deeply personal manner
true leading star’ in art.� [2] The young artist sits in a remarkably casual manner
of the two paintings indicated that they had been built up in entirely different manners
This small panel once decorated the predella of an altarpiece along with nine other small portraits of apostles, three of which are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art: Matthew , Simon , and Thaddeus .
marriage that evolved to become the international style, a refined and courtly manner
however, has revealed that the apparent objects in the scales are painted in a manner
bridge is no longer an object among many, but the exclusive object viewed in such a manner
In much the same manner that Vermeer has refined his composition by eliminating extraneous
ŠOctober 1715, and it is easy to see how Watteau’s luminous tonalities and brushy manner
The green foliage is arranged in a less symmetrical manner, and the mauve background
