Hercules Overcoming the Nemean Lion by Albrecht Altdorfer https://www.nga.gov/artworks/3619-hercules-overcoming-nemean-lion
only Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
only Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
2014.79.232 Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia
Robert Torchia Robert Wilson Torchia is an independent art historian based in the Philadelphia
Rosenbach Gallery, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J.
history & notes Artwork History Provenance Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia
history & notes Artwork History Provenance Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia
no. 915 Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia
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.
Clarke, Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, annotated with information from
When Thomas Sully painted fifteen-year-old Eliza Ridgely in the spring of 1818, he was widely regarded as America’s leading artist. Particularly noted for his graceful images of women, he was a natural choice to paint this Baltimore merchant’s daughter.
1818 Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Throughout his six-decade-long career, Andrew Wyeth painted lonely rural landscapes, closely observed portraits, and crisp interior still lifes in a characteristically realistic and finely detailed style. His landscapes are almost entirely of locations in the Chadds Ford and Brandywine area of Pennsylvania and in coastal Maine, the places where he grew up and lived all his life.
Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia