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.
with permanent collection, Munch Museum, Oslo, 1982-1983. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Domenichino was trained at the art academy run by the Carracci family in Bologna during the last decades of the sixteenth century. In 1602 he joined his master Annibale Carracci in Rome and assisted him with the fresco decorations of the galleria in the Palazzo Farnese.
Conisbee, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation
Physical perfection becomes an expression of sanctity in this statuette. Duquesnoy, a Fleming working in Rome, created monumental sculpture that earned him esteem rivaling that of his great Italian contemporaries Bernini and Algardi.
London, 2013: 48, no. 13, 49 repro. 2015 "Art for the Nation: The Story of the
Vincent van Gogh painted 36 self-portraits. This was one of his last.
Amsterdam, 1990, no. 99, repro., as Self-Portrait with Palette. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Black White and Blue was painted at a critical juncture in Georgia O’Keeffe’s life. In 1929 she began to spend several months of each year in New Mexico, away from both New York and her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer and promoter of American modernist painting and photography.
Greenough, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation
Edwin Landseer was only 18 when he painted this powerful work showing a rescue in the Great Saint Bernard Pass in the Alps. Two dogs have found an unconscious man partially buried by snow.
2007: 132-133, 333 nn. 34-36. 2025 " American and British Paintings for the Nation
This graceful jar is simple in design, beautiful in execution, and prominently signed Dave by its creator. Such a bold claim to authorship might not seem unusual to us today.
Art for the Nation no. 67 (Fall 2023): 33, repro. 2025 Van Horn, Jennifer, and
Newsweek (12 June 1989): 63, repro. 2015 "Art for the Nation: The Story of the
A painting may provide a “window� into a different world. Here, the painting is itself a window, and it reveals a world dizzy with color and movement.
1917, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, no. 19, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust that took place in 1475 in Florence for Giuliano de‘ Medici’s coming of age. The bust was originally painted and possibly adorned with a metal helmet and other decoration, projecting an exuberance especially evident in the winged face modeled on Giuliano’s fanciful armor.
Pantheon 7 (January- June 1931): 16, repro. 1937 "Mellon Offers Nation $19,000,000
