It is impossible to guess what 16-year-old Ginevra de’ Benci was thinking as she sat for this portrait to commemorate her upcoming marriage. The young Florentine woman has a distant gaze.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Monet planted gardens wherever he lived. When he rented this house at Vétheuil, he made arrangements with the owner to landscape the terraces, which lead down to the Seine.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
The US government once employed artists to draw pictures of designs from historical objects. The idea is reimagined by artists today.
Index drawings were also exhibited widely across the nation, from community art centers
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Explore our collection of nearly 160,000 works spanning the history of Western art.
Across the Nation We’re sending art across America.
Explore our collection of nearly 160,000 works spanning the history of Western art.
Across the Nation We’re sending art across America.
Explore our collection of nearly 160,000 works spanning the history of Western art.
Across the Nation We’re sending art across America.
Explore our collection of nearly 160,000 works spanning the history of Western art.
Across the Nation We’re sending art across America.
(shown only in New York). 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th
by Monet, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975, no. 9, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
