Watteau did not participate in public exhibitions, nor title his pictures, whose meaning is often difficult to fathom. This late work is clearly a theatrical subject, and as he is known to have made drawings of comic actors and quacks from an early age, he must have been interested in the theater throughout his short life
Washington. National Gallery of Art.
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Bowl Produced in northeastern Iran, in the province of Khurasan during the Samanid period, this large bowl with its high, flaring sides and bold, rhythmically spaced inscription in „new-style“ script exemplifies the elegance and perfect harmony of the „black-on-white wares“ unearthed in the cities of Nishapur and Samarqand
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1989. pp. 14–15, ill
Inscription: Inscribed in metalpoint, at upper right: „Ung Roumain/ legat de n [?]/ . . . St pere/ en France“; in pen and brown ink on verso, „37/ BAC no.31“; in graphite: „P.HL./ Prosper Henry Lankrinck/ Page to King Charles I
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the high altar of the church of San Domenico, Modena (until about 1708–10); John Edward Taylor, London (until d. 1905); his widow, Mrs. John E. Taylor, London (1905–12; her sale, Christie’s, London, July 5 and 8, 1912, no
; attributes the Preaching of Saint Thomas (now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Studying first with François Élie Vincent (1708–1790), a miniaturist whose Paris studio was in the same street as her father’s shop, Adélaïde Labille embarked upon her career before she was twenty
Washington. National Gallery of Art.
… although Americans had begun to identify themselves as a nation, they were divided by sectional interests that deepened with rapid industrialization and the question of slavery.
The political calm that had characterized the first term of President George Washington
Signature: On top of base: DegasInscription: On the underside of base: 2, four dots belowMarking: On top of base: CIRE/ PERDUE/ A A HEBRARD/ 2/A (founder’s mark and serial letter)
Except for the wax Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (Washington: NGA) none of these
Ridgely (Margarita Cress) Hunt, Pelham, Highland Falls, N.Y., and Washington, D.C
Washington, 2014, p. 97, fig. 10 (color), sees it as a precedent for the artist’s
