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A popular subject in Counter–Reformation Italy and Spain, Ribera’s profoundly moving work portrays the apostle’s final moments before he is to be flayed alive. The viewer is meant to empathize with Bartholomew, whose body seemingly bursts through the surface of the canvas, and whose outstretched arms embrace a mystical light that illuminates his flesh.
Washington, D.C., 1996: 214-218, color repro. 215. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Washington, D.C., 2000: 126-130, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

This young woman sits at her dressing table arranging her hair. She is looking at herself in a mirror just outside the frame.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 40, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Washington, D.C., 1992: 97-99, color repro. 99. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Degas is famous for his depictions of ballerinas. This painting is one of his most perplexing examples.
New York Times (September 2, 1999): C1, C3. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Chicago and London, 1998: 1:370. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation , which is rich with Christian symbolism. The rainbow-winged archangel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary that God has chosen her to bear his son.
New York, 1985: 103-104, fig. 103. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff.

This painting is an outstanding example of the abstract elegance characteristic of Rogier’s late portraits. Although the identity of the sitter is unknown, her air of self–conscious dignity suggests that she is a member of the nobility.
New York, 1985: 138, fig. 134. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff.

Valentin de Boulogne was born near Boulogne (from whence he takes his last name) in Picardy. He came from a family of artists, but little else is known of his early life and training.
Milan, 1989: 58. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 32, repro. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and