Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate) 1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 16.5 x 13.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman stands on the far side of a…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) A Young Man in a Large Hat 1626–1629 Oil on panel, 29.3 x 23.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Frans Hals was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Guerrier nu avec une lance (Nude Warrior with a Spear) c.1816 Oil on canvas, 93.6 x 75.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington At the age of nineteen, Théodore Gericault entered the Parisian studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, a successful…
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 Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a Woman 1522 Oil on panel, 58 x 39.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pair: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a Man 1522 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Prince of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.7 x 34.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pair: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Saxony (Germany)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.4 x 34.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young girl with pale, peachy skin and long, light brown hair wears a crimson-red…