Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy in 1609. Just before Anthony van Dyck, one-time protégé and frequent collaborator of Rubens, left Antwerp in October 1621 for his own extended stay in Italy, he apparently presented this portrait to his mentor.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
participated in government employment programs in every state and county in the nation
99, echoed by Alison Luchs, "The Degas Waxes, c. 1878–c. 1911," in Art for the Nation
The man’s surroundings are blurred, but his illuminated face is finely detailed. The sad eyes fix on us intently.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
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.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
This painting and the Enthroned Madonna and Child are the oldest paintings on the National Gallery of Art’s walls.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
A ragtag group of people gathers around an elderly man holding a violin. He pauses, as if interrupted mid performance, and gazes directly at us.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
In this photograph, journalist and musician Celeste Headlee hears Lenox Avenue, a suite her grandfather William Grant Still named after Harlem’s main street. This portrait captures the pride of Black Americans achieving success during the Harlem Renaissance despite systemic injustice.Â
Headlee is also a classically trained soprano who has performed around the nation
Composer Nathalie Joachim sees her childhood memories in May Flowers. The photograph also evokes the uniquely spiritual experience of recording a church choir in her family’s Haitian village. Joachim has lovingly woven their song into her composition.
Singer Nathalie Joachim talks about her home nation of Haiti as though it’s a work
Taking an in-depth look at the historical experiences and cultural formations of Black and African people since the 17th century, this exhibition includes works of art like paintings, sculpture, photographs, and time-based media by artists from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
Los Angeles, 85.PA.407 The artist Lois Mailou Jones often visited the Caribbean nation
