The Alba Madonna by Raphael https://www.nga.gov/artworks/26-alba-madonna
Renaissance artist Raphael was famous in his own time. It is easy to understand why.
Konemann, 1998: 76-77, repro. no. 97. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
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Young Girl Reading by Jean Honoré Fragonard https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46303-young-girl-reading
Fragonard’s brushwork is as much the subject of this painting as the young woman. A flurry of rapid marks captures her blushing face.
Chicago, 2001: 70-71, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Rebecca at the Well by Veronese, Italian 16th Century https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41697-rebecca-well
Rebecca went to the well outside her city and encountered a stranger who identified her as the answer to his prayers. The backstory, according to Genesis 24:11–22, is that the aged Abraham wanted a wife for his son Isaac and sent his senior steward to his homeland of Mesopotamia to find a suitable woman.
� Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien 1 (1999): 151. 2004 Hand, John Oliver
Portrait of a Youth by Filippino Lippi https://www.nga.gov/artworks/22-portrait-youth
Filippino Lippi was the son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, who was undoubtedly the boy’s first master. After his father died in 1469, he became a pupil of Botticelli, who had a profound influence on his style.
New Haven and London, 2003: 2003: 233-237. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Two Women at a Window by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1185-two-women-window
Seville’s most popular painter in the later 17th century was Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. While Murillo is well known for works with religious themes, he also produced a number of genre paintings of figures from contemporary life engaged in ordinary pursuits.
Chicago, 2001: 100-101, 212, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Peasants Celebrating Twelfth Night by David Teniers the Younger https://www.nga.gov/artworks/53141-peasants-celebrating-twelfth-night
In the Low Countries, the Feast of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, is known as Driekoningen (Three Kings). The Christian holiday is traditionally celebrated on January 6th with a festive meal at which friends and relatives gathered to eat, drink, and be merry.
Amsterdam, 1997: 95, 208, cat. 76, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch) by Thomas Cole https://www.nga.gov/artworks/50727-view-mountain-pass-called-notch-white-mountains-crawford-notch
Crawford Notch, a deep valley in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, gained notoriety in 1826 when nine lives were lost in a catastrophic avalanche nearby. Cole’s painting depicts the site of an earlier landslide whose destruction prompted the victims—Mr.
Washington, D.C., 1996: 87-95, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
The Washington Family by Edward Savage https://www.nga.gov/artworks/561-washington-family
This group portrait represents George Washington’s military, political, and family life. The president, in a Revolutionary War uniform, rests his hand on a plan for Washington, DC, the site for the new US capital.
Washington, D.C., 1995: 146-158, color repro. 147. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century: Still Life with Peacock Pie, 1627 | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/research/publications/online-editions/dutch-paintings-seventeenth-century-still-life-peacock-pie
peacock’s beak, is complemented by an array of foods, including a roasted pheasant, olives
Saint Jerome Reading by Giovanni Bellini https://www.nga.gov/artworks/358-saint-jerome-reading
Washington, D.C., 2003: 70-74, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.