The Prophecy of Basilides by Pietro Testa https://www.nga.gov/artworks/225650-prophecy-basilides
Roman Baroque Drawings c. 1620 to c. 1700.
Roman Baroque Drawings c. 1620 to c. 1700.
Exhibition History 1982 Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540 – 1680, The
You can find images of inspirational women throughout our collection. Create your own superhero and design a book cover to show her amazing abilities.
Queen Zenobia of Palmyra (in Syria) led her soldiers to challenge the Roman Empire
National Gallery of Art, Mary Beard tells the fascinating story of how images of Roman
Physical perfection becomes an expression of sanctity in this statuette. Duquesnoy, a Fleming working in Rome, created monumental sculpture that earned him esteem rivaling that of his great Italian contemporaries Bernini and Algardi.
His Roman career began, however, with small carvings in ivory, whose material qualities
Because Lucretia’s suicide precipitated the revolt that helped institute the Roman
Jan Both was one of the most important Dutch painters of Italianate landscapes. In 1637 or 1638 he joined his older brother Andries in Rome and stayed there until his return to his native city of Utrecht in 1642.
In a gentle mountainous setting reminiscent of the hills of the Roman Campagna, goatherds
Throughout her career, Nancy Graves mined the world of natural science for her imagery, from meticulously constructed camels to detailed cartographic studies. Her dual interest in science and art started with childhood visits to the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where her father worked and which housed a combined collection of art and natural history.
invented term may best be described as a poetic abstraction that calls to mind Roman
1606–1688) to present Stoskopff’s trompe l’oeil as a diplomatic gift to Holy Roman
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions around circumference: ALTER ADEST CESAR SCIPIO ROMAN