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Sandro Botticelli, a Florentine, painted several versions of the theme of the Adoration of the Magi. The Magi, or wise men, were particularly venerated in Florence, as one of the city’s leading religious confraternities was dedicated to them.
Washington, 2003: 161-166, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
This panel is one of two owned by the National Gallery of Art from one of the most important monuments of Western painting: the towering, two-sided altarpiece known as the Maestà by Duccio di Buoninsegna .
Chicago, 1998: 2:906. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Edouard Manet offers an intriguing study in contrasts and ambiguity in The Railway , starting with the relationship between the two figures. Are they mother and daughter?
Chicago, 2001: 4-5, 206, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Vienna in World War II, of which there exists a miniature copy of 1631 by Peter Oliver
Girl with the Red Hat is one of Johannes Vermeer’s smallest works, and it is painted on panel rather than on his customary canvas. The girl has turned in her chair and interacts with the viewer through her direct gaze.
nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2003: 176-177, 255-256, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver
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.
London, 2003: 2:137, no. 1. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
An artist, an ecologist, a poet, a chef, a ballet dancer – and more! Discover notable people exploring the many stories revealed in art from the National Gallery’s rich collections. Set your own pace by selecting as many tour stops as you like, in the order you choose. Just enter the track number below, press go, then press the play button when the tour stop appears. Don’t forget your headphones!  Made possible by a grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation
would have come to the Netherlands from American or Caribbean plantations; the olives
During the Trojan War, the priest Laocoön angered the Greek gods, who sent snakes to kill him and his two sons. The legend became popular after a monumental, ancient marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons was unearthed in Rome in 1506.
Washington Parent (April 2001): 14. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its warmth.
Cambridge, 2003: 155, 190, 208. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.
, on ivory, is in the Jones Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (see Oliver
