1995.55 Pieter Nolpe, Hercules Restores Gallia
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
As the daughter of Grand Duke of Florence Francesco I de Medici, widow of King Henri IV of France, and mother of King Louis XIII of
1996.104.FA Johann Heinrich Fuseli, John Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan and the Birth of Sin (Book II, 746-758) Painting no. 6 from The Milton Gallery
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This painting by Johann Heinrich Fuseli is a quintessential example of the themes that preoccupied many artists during the last decades of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century, with the dawning of romanticism.
1998.132.17 Oskar Kokoschka, The Dream
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Dense lines in irregular patterns convey a sense of movement contained beneath the surface of the image.
1976.66 Anders Leonard Zorn, Elin
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Though stretched out in the traditional pose of the reclining female nude, or odalisque, the woman's raised eyebrows, wide eyes, and
1942.48 Henri Théodore Fantin-Latour, Venus and Cupid (Venus et L'Amour)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Bathed in soft light, Venus stretches out in a seductive pose, gently touching her hair and looking down demurely.
1969.28 Alexander Archipenko, Standing Figure
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
By placing a hole where the head should be, incising two lines to represent hair, and using concave shapes to suggest the convex, Al
1963.102.FA Auguste Rodin, Danaid
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The sinuous body of the Danaid curves over the rock onto which she has thrown herself in despair. Water flows from the jar resting beside her. The Danaid is one of fifty daughters of King Danaus of Argos condemned for eternity to fill leaky vessels with water in punishment for killing their husbands.
1990.125 James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Venus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This is an engaging example of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s influential etching practice.