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1625 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1961.9.52 Artwork Simon Vouet, A Bearded Man
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1625 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1961.9.52 Artwork Simon Vouet, A Bearded Man
lithograph on wove paper · Accession ID 2021.67.3 Artwork Gioacchino Banfi, Seated Man
Frans van Mieris (1635–1681) was one of the most celebrated Leiden fijnschilders („fine painters“), whose elegant works are marked by smooth execution, invisible brushwork, and extraordinary attention to detail. Gerrit Dou (1613–1675) , with whom Van Mieris studied, described him as “the prince of all my pupils.â€� His small paintings of convivial genres, portraits, and allegories with their lively, often ambiguous narratives delighted both local and international collectors.
Zoom In Zoom Out Recenter Visual Description A pale-skinned, bearded man
In this intimate full-length portrait, the Deventer burgomaster (chief magistrate) Gerhard van Suchtelen (1640–1722) stands gracefully in a domestic interior gazing out at the viewer with an air of restrained elegance. Deventer, located in the province of Overijssel in the eastern portion of the Netherlands, held tightly to tradition and conservative values, qualities that Gerhard conveys with his somber black attire:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 7 January-15 March 1884, no. 60, as Portrait of a Man
Photographer Gordon Parks captured life in the United States across six decades. His work shone a light on Black communities, celebrities, and civil rights leaders.
16mm color film · Accession ID 2016.117.273 Artwork Gordon Parks, Emerging Man
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gray-blue paper · Accession ID 1978.52.1 Artwork Leandro Bassano, Landscape with a Man
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Selected Works See all 76 works of art Artwork Abraham Bloemaert, Head of an Old Man
Works See all 196 works of art Artwork Jeff Widener, Associated Press, Tank Man
ink on tan paper, fields stretch away from us toward three farm buildings and a man
The central man, Jesus, is covered with a white cloth across one shoulder and both