Gesù bambino benedicente (c.1460)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Gesù bambino benedicente (The Infant Savior) c.1460 Tempera on canvas, 70.2 x 34.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Nearly filling this vertical painting, a young, light-skinned child stands with a delicate scepter tucked into one elbow as…

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Ritratto virile (c.1470)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Ritratto virile (Portrait of a Man) c.1470 Tempera on hardboard transferred from canvas transferred from panel, 24.2 x 19.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Copie de mémoire de l’Erasmus de Holbein

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Copie de mémoire de l’Erasmus de Holbein (Memory Copy of Holbein’s Erasmus) s.d. Oil on wood, 28.3 x 22.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus writing 1528 Musée du Louvre, Paris    …

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Deux femmes (1922)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1922 Oil on canvas, 90.8 x 58.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Fernand Léger originated a distinct cubist style in the twentieth century. In the early 1920s he both embraced and influenced the…

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Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (c.1775-1780)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 50 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia c.1770 Frick…

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Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia (c.1770)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia (View of the Cannaregio Canal in Venice) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 48.9 × 77.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Compare: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia c.1775–1780 National…

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