Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Skiffs 1877 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto the surface of a river in which three narrow canoes, each paddled by a single person, are being rowed toward…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) River Landscape 1607 Oil on coppper, 20.7 x 32.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington People gather under trees next to an expansive river dotted with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The people are tiny…
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Lago con cigni (Lake with Swans) 1908 Color etching, inked à la poupée, on wove paper, 21 × 30.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Mia madre che lavora (My Mother Working) 1907 Drypoint printed in black on wove paper, 36.2 × 31 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Boccioni, Cecilia Forlani (?)
Blake, William (1757-1827) Job and His Daughters 1799–1800 Pen and tempera on canvas, 27.3 x 38.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man with a long, white beard and flowing, white hair sits surrounded by three young women in…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Last Supper 1799 Tempera on canvas, 30.5 x 48.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A long, rectangular dining table is surrounded by thirteen people in this horizontal painting. The skin of all the people, some of…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 Marble, 80.01 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This free-standing, white marble sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a balding, bearded man. In this photograph, his body…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Quattro stagioni in una testa (Four Seasons in One Head) c.1590 Oil on panel, 60.4 x 44.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this vertical painting, a tree trunk, branches, plants, fruit, and flowers are arranged to…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Madonna of Humility) c.1430 Tempera on panel, 60.7 x 45.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman sits in the center of this vertical panel painting and gazes down at a baby lying across…