Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Young Man Seated at a Table, possibly Govaert Flinck c.1660 Oil on canvas, 109.9 x 89.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Woman with Earrings 1657 Oil on panel, 39.5 x 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan 1633 Oil on canvas, 125.7 x 101 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This animated portrait has a pendant showing the sitter’s husband rising from a chair (Taft Museum, Cincinnati).…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Mantle Piece 1912 Oil on wood (cigar box lid) Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob A young girl, unidentified, stands in front of the fireplace in the best bedroom of Bush-Holley House. The chair to the right is still…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pallade e il Centauro (Pallas and the Centaur) c.1482 Tempera on canvas, 207 x 148 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Like Botticelli’s other paintings with a mythological subject, this work too, showing the young woman armed with a battle…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480–1485 Tempera and oil on wood, 37.5 x 28.3 cm National Gallery, London This apparently simple portrait of a young man was revolutionary in Italian painting. Until this moment, artists…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto maschile (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1470 Oil on panel, 51 x 33.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto feminile, Bella Simonetta (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1485 Tempera on panel, 61 x 40.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze The painting is also known by the title “Bella Simonetta”, based on an early identification of the young…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giovane introdotto fra le Arti Liberali (A Youth Presented to the Liberal Arts) c.1483–1485 Fresco, 237 x 269 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni a una giovane (Venus and the Three Graces Offering Gifts to a Young Lady) c.1483–1485 Fresco, 211 x 283 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Albizzi, Giovanna degli (1468-1488)