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
Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, 9 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Names Allan Stone Gallery Abrams, Robert Exhibition History 1991 Art for the Nation
The Palmer River flows from Massachusetts into Rhode Island. Bannister ’s depiction reflects his admiration for French landscape artists, but it is also a study of weather.
Art for the Nation no. 64 (Fall 2021): 16-17, repro.
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
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
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
