The Nativity by Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian 15th Century https://www.nga.gov/artworks/422-nativity
An ox pokes its head through the opening, and an ass looks across the second trough
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An ox pokes its head through the opening, and an ass looks across the second trough
The Last of the Buffalo is Albert Bierstadt’s final, great, western painting. Measuring six by ten feet, it mirrors in size his first massive oil, Lake Lucerne (1858), also in the National Gallery of Art collection.
A smaller buffalo looks on from our left, and a prairie dog pokes its head out of
The three cargo ships in this large painting are the type of wide-bellied, seagoing vessels used to transport much of the commodities that generated the wealth of the Dutch in the seventeenth century. Flying the red, white, and blue flag of the Dutch Republic, these floating symbols of national prosperity are nevertheless in peril of crashing on the rocky shore.
The top of a tall wooden mast along with a broken wooden pole poke up from emerald-green
Billowing clouds sweep across the sky in Jan van Goyen’s engaging portrayal of the lively waterways near Dordrecht. While sailboats and dinghies filled with men and women come and go, the most active elements of the painting are the shifting patterns of light and shade passing over this watery domain.
A few reeds poke out of the water close to us, near the lower right corner of the
A short, cylindrical, brass-lined lens pokes out of the center of the side facing
In response to dynastic concerns of Genoese patricians, Anthony van Dyck began to portray individual children while in Italy. Painted in 1623, the likenesses of Filippo and Maddalena Cattaneo are among the most endearing of Van Dyck’s portraits, in the way they capture the radiant innocence of childhood.
The rounded toes of her cream-white shoes poke out under the ankle-length hem of
This rare example of an intact portable triptych from the late fifteenth century is further enhanced by its superb state of preservation. On the exterior wings are two of the most popular saints in Western art, Saints Barbara and Catherine, who represent the active and the contemplative life, respectively.
pulling on one of the ropes to our right wears tattered blue clothing, and his toes poke
Welcome! Visiting the National Gallery of Art for the first time? Only have an hour to spend? That’s enough time to connect with intimate portraits, discover „action painting,“ and meet a 14-foot-tall rooster.
title—Hahn—is German for rooster or cock, and the artist considers it a playful poke
Washington Irving’s Sketch Book, published serially in London and New York journals in 1820, captivated readers worldwide. Quidor’s Return of Rip Van Winkle accurately sets the scene in the Catskills and shows brick houses with step-gabled, Dutch roofs.
All ten toes poke out of worn, buckled shoes.
In 1632 Anthony van Dyck was invited to England to work at the court of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria. In Van Dyck, the royal couple and the English aristocracy found an artist whose gifts perfectly matched their artistic sensitivities as well as their political needs and aspirations.
A hint of a shiny silver earring pokes through brown ringlets, and one curl falls