Printworks Gallery | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/artworks/provenance/50770-printworks-gallery
2015.115.41 Artwork Audrey Niffenegger, The Three Incestuous Sisters, 2003, hand-colored
Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Hand
Allegory of Love by Italian 15th/16th Century https://www.nga.gov/artworks/400-allegory-love
In contrast to the man with whom she shares this outdoor scene, the female figure is incongruously naked. Her features seem generalized.
The man rests one hand on her shoulder and holds up a mirror with the other.
Madonna and Child with Angels by Hans Memling https://www.nga.gov/artworks/48-madonna-and-child-angels
In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling’s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols which explain the importance of Christ’s mission on earth.
She holds an open book with her left hand, on our right, and supports the sitting
The Red Cross Knight by John Singleton Copley https://www.nga.gov/artworks/993-red-cross-knight
Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, pages 76-81, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
up over his head with his far arm, and holds a lance down by his side with the hand
The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea by William Blake https://www.nga.gov/artworks/11499-great-red-dragon-and-beast-sea
The Beast holds up a flaming sword with the right hand, to our left, and a flaming
Empire Triumphant over Avarice by Adriaen de Vries https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1287-empire-triumphant-over-avarice
Adriaen de Vries won international fame for active bronze figures that reflect both his study of nature and his training in Florence with Giovanni Bologna, the greatest 16th-century sculptor after Michelangelo. De Vries’s complicated poses continued the style known as mannerism, but he also saw ancient bronze sculpture as a model to surpass.
Empire, her head is encircled with a ring of laurel leaves, and she lifts her left hand
The Lovers by Pablo Picasso https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46667-lovers
She holds his left hand with her left hand, both to our right, and her other arm
The Infant Savior by Andrea Mantegna https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41682-infant-savior
child stands with a delicate scepter tucked into one elbow as he holds up his other hand
Madonna and Child by Anonymous Artist https://www.nga.gov/artworks/123-madonna-and-child
She rests the long fingers of one hand on the baby’s shin and braces his side torso
The Fall of Man by Hendrick Goltzius https://www.nga.gov/artworks/95659-fall-man
In about 1600, Hendrick Goltzius, who was famous across Europe for his extraordinary abilities as a draftsman and printmaker, turned his talents to painting. In 1616 he painted this magnificent image of Adam and Eve reclining in the Garden of Eden like mythological lovers.
elbow, which rests on a low, mossy rock, and he holds a small green fruit in that hand