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Edition: French Paintings of the Fifteenth through Eighteenth Centuries By John Oliver
Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy in 1609. Just before Anthony van Dyck, one-time protégé and frequent collaborator of Rubens, left Antwerp in October 1621 for his own extended stay in Italy, he apparently presented this portrait to his mentor.
New Haven, 2004: I.100 Hand, John Oliver.
The composition of this Virgin and Child is loosely based on the Hodegetria , one of the more powerful and enduring icon types of the Orthodox Christian church. The Virgin gestures toward the child to show him as the “way� ( hodos in Greek), the source of salvation.
Florence, 2003: 125 n. 20. 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.
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.
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.
The man’s surroundings are blurred, but his illuminated face is finely detailed. The sad eyes fix on us intently.
Boston, 2003: 308-309, no. 215, repro. 2004 Hand, John 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.
Vienna in World War II, of which there exists a miniature copy of 1631 by Peter Oliver
