Stand for a Qur’an Manuscript (Rahla) A masterpiece of design, this carved book stand, or rahla, is made from a single slab of teak and is framed by inlays composed of various woods in shades of brown and black
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Washington, D.C.: Arthur M.
The subject of the painting has for a long time been at issue. If the present identification is correct, then Greuze depicted Aegina, daughter of the river god Asopus, when she was visited by Jupiter in the guise of fire
Washington, 2017, p. 298. Joseph J.
Washington, D. C., 1989, p. 23, fig. 28, dates it 1944–45. Edward M. Gomez.
Sully’s Victoria is completely off guard, having turned as if to respond to a caller, although protocol prohibited anyone from speaking to the queen without having been spoken to.
portraits but little profit, since his tour to Montreal, Quebec City, New Orleans, and Washington
Washington, D.C.: National Art Gallery, 1985. p. 113.
Washington, D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1965. p. 16.
Despite his efforts, Manet’s modern scenes remained a target of criticism.
Incident at a Bullfight (fragments of which are now at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Washington, D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1965. p. 47.
In Bloemaert’s version of the Old Testament subject (Exod. 17:1–6), the children of Israel march out of Egypt either naked or provocatively dressed, and weighed down with earthenware pots, copper-lined cookware, and, in the arms of the young woman at center, a silver-gilt ewer dating from the late sixteenth century
Washington, 2015, p. 6, fig. 7 (color). Arthur K.
Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 127, 133–41, 146–48, 150–52, ill. p. 46 and fig
