Tag: NGA

Madonna delle stelle (c.1575-1585)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Madonna delle stelle (The Madonna of the Stars) c.1575–1585 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 72.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This is one of a small group of loosely related paintings of the Madonna and Child…

La conversione di san Paolo (c.1544)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of Saint Paul) c.1544 Oil on canvas, 152.7 x 236.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Before he became known as Saint Paul, Saul was a persecutor of Christians. This…

Ulysses (1827)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Ulysses 1827 Oil on canvas on wood, 25.1 x 19.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Evening of the Deluge (c.1843)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Evening of the Deluge c.1843 Oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A butter-yellow sky fills the top two-thirds of this square landscape painting while in the bottom third,…

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight (1835)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight 1835 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph Mallord William Turner excelled at capturing the beauty and mysteries of light. Cool, white moonlight…

Approach to Venice (1844)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Approach to Venice 1844 Oil on canvas, 62 x 94 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Approach to Venice was first exhibited in 1844, Joseph Mallord William Turner quoted Lord Byron in the catalog…

Rotterdam Ferry-Boat (1833)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats…