Madonna col Bambino in una nicchia (c.1460)

Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna col Bambino in una nicchia (Virgin and Child in a niche) c.1460 Glazed terracotta with gilt and painted details, 47.3 × 38.7 × 8.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the most distinguished…

A Brazilian Landscape (1650)

Post, Frans (1612-1680) A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Oil on wood, 61 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1630 to 1654, the Dutch Republic maintained a colony in the north of Brazil. Post accompanied the governor to the…

En las trincheras (1924-1928)

Modotti, Tina (1896-1942) En las trincheras (Diego Rivera’s Fresco “In the Trenches,” Ministry of Education, Mexico City) 1924–1928 Gelatin silver print with applied color, 23.9 x 18.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1924 and 1928 Modotti made several hundred…

Escaleras, Ciudad de México (1924-1926)

Modotti, Tina (1896-1942) Escaleras, Ciudad de México 1924–1926 Gelatin silver print, 18.4 x 23.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1923 to 1926 Modotti and Edward Weston lived and worked together in Mexico City, operating a portrait studio to…