Holbein, 1536 or 37. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
The King's Painter: The Life of Hans Holbein
by Franny Moyle
Holbein: Capturing Character
Getty Museum Catalogue
Portrait of Simon George of Cornwall, c. 1535-1540, Hans Holbein the Younger Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling is an oil-on-oak portrait completed in around 1526–1528 by German Renaissance painter Hans Holbein the Younger. London.
Portrait of Christina of Denmark, 1538 London
Mantegna's Madonna della Vittoria 1496. Paris
van Eyck's The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele, 1434–36 Bruge
The Brera Madonna, Piero della Francesca Milan
Fresco Piero Rimini
The Long Disputed Meaning Of Van Eyck's Painting (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective/VIDEOThe Tudors Through The Eyes Of Holbein
Video: A Stitch in Time in the Arnolfini Portrait
Hannah Gadsby: why I love the Arnolfini Portrait, one of art history’s greatest riddles
GIRL IN A GREEN GOWN
by Carola Hicks
Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait: Stories of an Icon
by Linda Seidel
"resurrection" by alma thomas
This acrylic and graphite on canvas painting was done by Alma Thomas, who was an educator and artist in Washington, D.C. for most of her career. She was a member of the Washington Color School. This painting was unveiled as part of the White House Collection during Black History Month 2015 and is the first in this collection by an African-American woman. This painting was acquired for the White House Collection with support from George B. Hartzog, Jr., and the White House Acquisition Trust/White House Historical Association.
Brooklyn Museum/ Kehinde Wiley Napoleon Leading His Army Over the Alps
Napoleon Leading the Army is a clear spin-off of Jacques-Louis David’s painting of 1800-01 (below), which was commissioned by Charles IV, the King of Spain, to commemorate Napoleon’s victorious military campaign against the Austrians. The original portrait smacks of propaganda. Napoleon, in fact, did not pose for the original painting nor did he lead his troops over the mountains into Austria. He sent his soldiers ahead on foot and followed a few days later, riding on a mule.
The Obama Portraits Have Had a Pilgrimage Effect
One year after Kehinde Wiley’s and Amy Sherald’s paintings were unveiled, the director of the National Portrait Gallery reflects on their unprecedented impact.
By Kim Sajet
The Internet Is Restaging Famous Paintings While Museums Are Closed
The Getty, Metropolitan Museum, and Rijksmuseum have challenged their followers to creatively recreate famous works in their collections. In HYPERALLERGIC by Hakim Bishara
Books:
The Obama Portraits
by Taina Beatriz Caragol-Barreto, Richard J. Powell, Dorothy Moss, Kim Sajet, Thelma Golden
Huntington Museum Kehinde Wiley: A Portrait of a Young Gentleman
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