Portrait of a Female Donor by Petrus Christus https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46110-portrait-female-donor
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 88, repro. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 88, repro. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and
Madame Vigée Le Brun was part of the world she painted and, like her aristocratic patrons, was under threat of the guillotine after the revolution. She was forced to flee Paris in disguise in 1789.
New Haven, 2000: 8, under fig. 2. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Fanny/Fingerpainting , a portrait of Close’s grandmother-in-law, represents one of the largest and most masterly executions of a technique the artist developed in the mid-l980s. That technique involved the direct application of pigment to a surface with the artist’s fingertips.
1998): B1. 2000 The Washingtonian (July 2000): 81, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver
Mark Rothko did not want to explain what his works mean, and he often chose to leave them untitled. He preferred to use color and composition not for their own sake but to convey profound states of human existence.
New Haven and London, 1998: no. 425, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
This painting is regarded as one of the finest of all Titian’s portraits. Doge Andrea Gritti’s ferocious expression and imposing figure convey an awe-inspiring authority.
Done by Tichian� (Oliver Millar, “Abraham van der Doort’s Catalogue of the
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London, 1954. 1969 Millar, Sir Oliver.
Two of Magritte’s favored themes were the „window painting“ and the „painting within a painting.“ The Human Condition is one of Magritte’s earliest treatments of either subject, and in it he combines the two, making what may be his most subtle and profound statement of their shared meaning. The Human Condition displays an easel placed inside a room and in front of a window.
Comprehension: A Paradigma for Cognition, 1998, cover, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver
In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling’s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols which explain the importance of Christ’s mission on earth.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 266, repro. 1986 Hand, John Oliver
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Antwerp and London, 1999. 2004 Barnes, Susan J., Nora De Poorter, Oliver Millar
of Bruegel, 1986-1987, NGA, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, cat. by John Oliver