Morse with the Trinity by French 15th Century, European 19th Century https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1447-morse-trinity
Philadelphia, 1935: 32, as North Italian (Milanese). 1942 Works of Art from the
Philadelphia, 1935: 32, as North Italian (Milanese). 1942 Works of Art from the
John Haberle, with his contemporaries William Harnett and John Peto, was one of the most important trompe l’oeil still-life painters in late nineteenth-century America. Of them, Haberle was specially noted for his style (the microscopic painting of detail) and for his favorite subject (money).
Clarke Collection of American Pictures, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Few artists could match Moroni’s skill in depicting the appearance of his sitters, far less his ability to conjure the inner workings of their minds. The identity of the gentleman in this penetrating portrait is a mystery.
Philadelphia, 1916: unpaginated, repro. 1923 Paintings in the Collection of Joseph
Philadelphia, 1916: unpaginated, repro., as A View in Venice by Canaletto. 1923
En route pour la pêche depicts a scene in the quiet fishing village of Cancale, on the north coast of Brittany, France. Against the broad beach at low tide, the town’s quay and lighthouse, and cloud-filled blue skies, a group of women and children set out to gather fish and shellfish from shallow pools for their evening dinner.
Americans in Britanny and Normandy, 1860-1910, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Jan Both was born in Utrecht probably between 1615 and 1618. [1] His father, Dirck Both, a glass painter, may have introduced him to the rudiments of the trade, but he almost certainly received training from a different master as well.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Massachusetts / Art Resource, NY [fig2] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
A disheveled figure with knee and head injuries and a crutch sits in a mostly empty tavern. Holding a glass of hard cider, he tells his tale to the tavern keeper, the younger man across from him.
New York, 1838, no. 308. 1840 Fifth Exhibition of the Artists‘ Fund Society of Philadelphia
Although called a nativity, this painting lacks the manger, ox, and ass traditionally found in scenes of Christ’s birth. It would be better interpreted as a mystical adoration of saints.
Philadelphia, 2001: 43, 58, 78, 82, 210-211 n. 102, 223 n. 185, 224 n. 194, 228 n
Edwin Landseer was only 18 when he painted this powerful work showing a rescue in the Great Saint Bernard Pass in the Alps. Two dogs have found an unconscious man partially buried by snow.
Bernard. 1981 Sir Edwin Landseer, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Gallery, London