Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino in trono (Madonna and Child Enthroned) c.1420 Tempera on poplar panel, 95.7 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman, holding a baby in her lap, sits on a wide bench…
Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Moulin du Nord dans la vallée de la Creuse (North Windmill in the Creuse Valley) 1874 Etching with drypoint on tan wove paper, 15.5 × 10.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Hommage à Rimbaud (Homage to Rimbaud) 1961 Etching and aquatint in blue-gray and pale pink National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Rimbaud, Arthur (1854-1891)
Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) Fresh Widow original 1920, fabricated 1964 Painted wood, glass, black leather, paper, and transparent tape, 76.6 x 53 x 10.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In 1913, following his early experiments with cubism, Duchamp sought to expose and…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) La vocazione degli apostoli Pietro e Andrea (The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew) 1308–1311 Tempera on panel, 42.7 × 45.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier)…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Natività con i profeti Isaia ed Ezechiele (The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel) 1308–1311 Tempera on single poplar panel, 48 × 86.8 × 7.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) L’empereur Napoléon dans son cabinet aux Tuileries (The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries) 1812 Oil on canvas, 203.9 × 125.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington How do portraits influence the way we see historic figures?…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…