Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century , pages 265-266, 268-270, and 277-279, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
Decorative Crafts for the Benefit of Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Mass., Park
1966, no. 23. 1973 The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park
Two centuries of watercolors capture the nation’s beauty from sea to shining sea.
choppy ocean waters of New England, from the Grand Canyon to Yosemite National Park
Discover works by Orazio Gentileschi and learn about the artist
University Park, Pennsylvania, 1981. 1987 Pizzorusso, Claudio.
War art often memorializes battles and turning points. It also commemorates military leaders, from classical era generals like Zenobia, to medieval heroes like Joan of Arc, to Colonel Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Civil War. Today, war artists document the human cost of conflict, with photography serving as a powerful tool.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Saint-Gaudens National Historic
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.
Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, by 1912; inheritance from Estate
Jan Steen’s paintings encompass a wide range of moods and subjects, from intimate scenes of a family saying grace before a meal to festive village celebrations, yet all of his paintings elicit a warm reaction to the lives of ordinary people. All five senses are represented in this work in which two young musicians play for a dancing couple while other people in the vine-covered arbor flirt, eat, drink, or smoke, and children amuse themselves with their toys.
Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter
We don’t know who this family is, but the inscription on the lid of the box on the floor tells us the date: April 1, 1756.
purchased 1889 by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st baron Masham [1815-1906], Swinton Park
Artists in Washington Collections, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania after purchase 9 December 1915 with funds of the
