Untitled (Harriet Tubman) by Elizabeth Catlett, Taller de Gráfica Popular https://www.nga.gov/artworks/143191-untitled-harriet-tubman
knapsack hangs across her torso, and she braces the barrel of a rifle with her right hand
knapsack hangs across her torso, and she braces the barrel of a rifle with her right hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by later hand, lower right in graphite: de 1
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printed from thirty-three blocks on six combined sheets, mounted on canvas with hand-coloring
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Angelo’s Fencing Academy, 1887, hand-colored etching, Rosenwald Collection, 1945.5.632
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The strength and vitality of the people who helped establish the new Dutch Republic are nowhere better captured than in the work of Frans Hals, who was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century. This unidentified sitter—one of Hals’ most impressive portraits—was sixty years old when the painting was made, according to the artist’s inscription.
She holds a small brown leather book tooled with gold ornament in her right hand,
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
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 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
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand