Head of a Young Girl by Auguste Renoir https://www.nga.gov/artworks/35083-head-young-girl
, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Philadelphia
, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Philadelphia
Philadelphia, 1935: 31. Falke, Otto von, and Erich Meyer.
Niagara , located on the homeland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), is among the greatest natural wonders of North America. Beginning in the late 17th century, the site became a popular but challenging subject for European artists.
Earle & Sons, Philadelphia, 28 February 1860, no catalogue.
Women at work provided inspiration for Degas. In addition to ballet dancers and cabaret singers, he also painted milliners and dressmakers, laundresses and ironers—such as the young woman here.
It was lent by Durand-Ruel to a 1936 exhibition in Philadelphia and published by
at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: British and Modern French Schools, Philadelphia
1941-1942, no. 74. 1950 Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia
Angeles, 93.XM.25.77 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, 2002.02 Philadelphia
Christie’s Exhibition History 1988 Pietro Testa 1612 – 1650, Prints and Drawings, Philadelphia
The basic fascination with capturing and studying images of ourselves and of others—for what they say about us, as individuals and as a people—is what makes portraiture so compelling.
The Peale family formed an artistic dynasty based in Philadelphia.
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.
Widener, Ashbourne, near Philadelphia. 2 vols.