Christ Appearing to the Virgin by Anonymous Artist https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52-christ-appearing-virgin
veil sits with her hands raised, palms out, as she looks toward a slender, bearded man
veil sits with her hands raised, palms out, as she looks toward a slender, bearded man
For this depiction of Joseph spurning the advances of his Egyptian employer’s wife, as recounted in the Book of Genesis, Guercino chose a three-quarter length format that presses the life-sized figures close to the spectator. He has filled the scene with the bed — all rumpled sheets and opulent curtains.
skin reclines under cream-white sheets in a bed as she reaches for the cloak of a man
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Out Recenter Visual Description Shown from the chest up, a light-skinned man
Description A woman leans forward to trace the shadow cast by a sleeping young man
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Guy Pène du Bois painted The Politicians during his last year as a reporter for William Randolph Hearst’s New York American . A great admirer of the satirical French painter Honoré Daumier and keen observer of social and political life in New York, Pène du Bois often caricatured the city’s lawyers, policemen, tycoons, and politicians.
To our left, a bald, portly man wears a black bowler hat, and a sliver of a white
Thomas Cole turns the landscape into a backdrop for a medieval tale in The Departure , one of a pair of luminous paintings set at sunrise and sunset . The lord of a great castle and his company leave for a quest in the bright light of an early spring morning.
the base of the plinth, the horse at the head of the procession shies away from a man
Lucas Cranach was born in 1472 and took his name from his birthplace, the Franconian town of Kronach, which was part of the bishopric of Bamberg. His father, Hans Maler, was an artist and it is assumed that he was Cranach’s first teacher.
paper · Accession ID 2006.111.2 Artwork Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of a Man
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Accession ID 2014.126.173 Artwork Rick Griffin, San Francisco Comic Book Company, Man
Portraits represent people, either real or imagined, attempting to capture their appearance or essence. Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones. Others made a living depicting wealthy or important people. And artists like Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh frequently used themselves as models.
2018.2.1 More details about Portrait of My Grandmother Close Modal Portrait of a Man