A la Bastille (Jeanne Wenz) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec https://www.nga.gov/artworks/66437-la-bastille-jeanne-wenz
Paris, National Gallery of Art, 1982-1983, no. 26, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Paris, National Gallery of Art, 1982-1983, no. 26, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1973-1978, unnumbered checklist. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Airborne angels, billowing clouds, and golden rays against a sky fashioned from rare lapis lazuli surround a receptacle for holy water with exuberantly leaping edges. The Roman master goldsmith who created this stoup inscribed his maker’s mark on the central silver relief of Saint John the Baptist preaching in a landscape.
National Gallery of Art Bulletin 48 (Spring 2013): 26-27, repro. 2015 „Art for the Nation
Active in Florence in the late 17th century, Caterina Angela Pierozzi (active c. 1670–1690) worked for the Medici Grand Duchess of Tuscany Vittoria della Rovere, who was well-known for her patronage of women artists.
Art for the Nation no. 67 (Fall 2023): 21, repro.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 45, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Exhibition History 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary
other Benefactors to contribute their collections and private resources to the nation
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 44, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Women at work provided inspiration for Degas. In addition to ballet dancers and cabaret singers, he also painted milliners and dressmakers, laundresses and ironers—such as the young woman here.
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs.