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2015.115.41 Artwork Audrey Niffenegger, The Three Incestuous Sisters, 2003, hand-colored
2015.115.41 Artwork Audrey Niffenegger, The Three Incestuous Sisters, 2003, hand-colored
He holds a black book in his left hand and braces a thin gold cross with his other
His open left hand is raised, palm up, at shoulder height.
The man at the center holds up a book with his left hand, on our right, and raises
Reynolds sought to elevate British painting, including portraiture, to the lofty realms of classical expression. After traveling to Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, Reynolds became the first president of the Royal Academy, which had been founded in 1768.
The woman holds the hand resting on her lap, and both she and the boy wrap their
carries a large basket with chickens over one arm and doffs his hat with his other hand
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
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.
The Beast holds up a flaming sword with the right hand, to our left, and a flaming
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