The unusual subject of this painting comes from one of Aesop’s fables. In his Man and the Satyr , he related how a demigod helped a peasant who was lost on a wintry day.
Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of
Jacob van Ruisdael represents the pinnacle of seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painting. This great artist, the son of a painter and the nephew of Salomon van Ruysdael (see NGA 2007.116.1), began his career in Haarlem but moved to Amsterdam in about 1656.
Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter
Seville’s most popular painter in the later 17th century was Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. While Murillo is well known for works with religious themes, he also produced a number of genre paintings of figures from contemporary life engaged in ordinary pursuits.
Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[4] inheritance from the Estate of
Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Eva Gonzalès focused on the experiences of upper-class women, drawing from her own observations. This painting presents a familiar scene of domestic life:
sits and a young girl stands at an open, wide, vine-covered gate in front of a park
Irene di Spilimbergo was about 20 years old when this painting was begun. Along with a pendant portrait of her older sister, Emilia, the two paintings were probably initially commissioned in anticipation of the prospective marriages of the two sitters.
Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[3] Inheritance from the Estate of
Commissioned for the Chapel of San José in Toledo by MartÃn RamÃrez, a namesake of the saint and donor of the chapel, Saint Martin and the Beggar was part of one of the artist’s most successful ensembles. The saint, who lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, was a member of the imperial cavalry stationed near Amiens, in Gaul.
Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, PA;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B.
Joseph Mallord William Turner excelled at capturing the beauty and mysteries of light. Cool, white moonlight contrasts with warm, yellow and orange firelight.
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from estate of Peter A. B.
Here he had numerous opportunities to paint portraits in which he was marvelously successful and had few equals. He painted Cavaliers and Ladies of our city and all of them so lifelike and invested with a certain air, that .
Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.
William James Glackens was born in Philadelphia on March 13, 1870, to Elizabeth Finn Glackens and Samuel Glackens, a clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both William and his older brother, Louis (American, 1866–1933), who would later become an illustrator, showed an early talent for drawing.
Accession ID 2015.143.76 Artwork William Glackens, Studies of Women by the Park
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, as Florentine, fifteenth century;[4] inheritance
