Reynolds sought to elevate British painting, including portraiture, to the lofty realms of classical expression. After traveling to Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, Reynolds became the first president of the Royal Academy, which had been founded in 1768.
The pyramidal composition of the sitters, Lady Delmé’s encircling arms and quiet manner
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Washington, 1975: 292, repro., as Manner of Rembrandt. 1985 National Gallery of
mother of four than to Anna Amalie the abbess, albeit one who lived in a secular manner
be found on a festive occasion and present them in a harmonious and convincing manner
Dorinda, dressed in a classicizing manner with a red satin skirt, white blouse, and
The elegant manner in which Hanneman portrayed Henry, Duke of Gloucester, is more
One of the towering figures of Italian Renaissance art, Titian dominated painting in Venice from the death in 1516 of his probable master, Giovanni Bellini , until his own death 60 years later. His long career is exceptionally well documented in his middle and later years, but contemporary evidence regarding his birthdate is contradictory, and major problems of dating and attribution still surround his earliest works.
unclear, and it is sometimes supposed that he made small-scale oil sketches, in the manner
woman in the Washington painting is projected in a remarkably forceful and direct manner
demonstrates a clear intent to show off his mastery of the most up-to-date central Italian manner
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.
Della Casa also wrote a book on manners, and in this portrait of the early 1540s
