The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine by Antwerp 16th Century, Matthys Cock https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41601-martyrdom-saint-catherine
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 32, repro. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and
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Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse] by Leonardo da Vinci https://www.nga.gov/artworks/50725-wreath-laurel-palm-and-juniper-scroll-inscribed-virtutem-forma-decorat-reverse
Ginevra de‘ Benci’s portrait is two-sided. This is the back, an emblematic portrait of Ginevra.
New Haven, 2000: 8-9, fig. 3. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Tropical Forest with Monkeys by Henri Rousseau https://www.nga.gov/artworks/61253-tropical-forest-monkeys
Born in 1844 to a working-class family in Laval, France, Henri Rousseau worked briefly for a lawyer and served a stint in the military before taking a position at a French customs post in 1868; the nickname “ Le Douanier “ (the customs inspector) remained with him even after his retirement in 1893.
Louis, 1997: 146-147, 212, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Henri Camille, Chevalier de Beringhen by Jean-Baptiste Oudry https://www.nga.gov/artworks/84377-henri-camille-chevalier-de-beringhen
Oudry was the leading painter of still-life and hunting scenes in France during the first half of the eighteenth century. Much admired by Louis XV, he portrayed favorite royal hounds and painted scenes of the king riding to the hunt, which was the monarch’s sporting passion.
Bibliography 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The Aero by Marsden Hartley https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52382-aero
Completed in 1914, The Aero may have been the painting that Marsden Hartley described in a letter to his dealer, Alfred Stieglitz, the previous year: “I have one canvas ‘Extase d’Aéroplane’ if it must have a title—it is my notion of the possible ecstasy or soul state of an aéroplane if it could have one.� The artist was thrilled when he saw zeppelins, or huge airships, flying overhead.
New Haven, 2000: 250-251, color fig. 261. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The Kitchen Maid by Jean Siméon Chardin https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41650-kitchen-maid
Paris, 1995: 38, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The Corinthian Maid by Joseph Wright https://www.nga.gov/artworks/61396-corinthian-maid
Washington, D.C., 1992: 344-350, repro. 347. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Look Mickey by Roy Lichtenstein https://www.nga.gov/artworks/71479-look-mickey
New Haven and London, 2002: 31-39, fig. 11. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The Fall of Man by Hendrick Goltzius https://www.nga.gov/artworks/95659-fall-man
In about 1600, Hendrick Goltzius, who was famous across Europe for his extraordinary abilities as a draftsman and printmaker, turned his talents to painting. In 1616 he painted this magnificent image of Adam and Eve reclining in the Garden of Eden like mythological lovers.
Zwolle, 2003: 302-303, cat. no. 111. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The Procession, Seville by Francis Picabia https://www.nga.gov/artworks/93248-procession-seville
Before establishing himself as a pioneering member of the dada movement during and after World War I, Picabia experimented with various forms of modernist painting. Procession, Seville belongs to a group of works from 1912 in which the artist demonstrates a sophisticated and highly idiosyncratic assimilation of recent developments in cubism and futurism.[1] Fragmented planes, shallow space, and an allover pattern of flickering lights and darks are all associated with the analytic cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque;
New York, 1972:291. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.