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The woman at right wears white dress, red shawl draped on back of sofa and the woman at center wears black dress. Glowing light shines at left near music stand/vase of white flowers. SIRIS Collection Number 89170099 [3] Portrait of Alexander Pope: oil on canvas: 1892: 22.5 in x 19.3 in (57.2 cm x 49 cm) SIRIS Collection Number 89170056 [3 ...
Women were often only reluctantly educated as artists in Bonheur's day, and by becoming such a successful artist she helped to open doors to the women artists who followed her. [29] Bonheur was known for wearing men's clothing; [30] she attributed her choice of trousers to their practicality for working with animals (see Rational dress). [31]
The Old Plantation is an American folk art watercolor probably painted in the late 18th century on a South Carolina plantation. [3] [4] [5] It is notable for its early date, its credible, non-stereotypical depiction of slaves on the North American mainland, and the fact that the slaves are shown pursuing their own interests.
Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species. They are generally meant to be scientifically descriptive about subjects depicted and are often found printed alongside a botanical description in books, magazines, and other media.
Lying Naked Woman: c. 1632: Black and white chalk on paper: 19.5 x 23.4 cm: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm: The drawing is related to the painting W130 : Old Man Leaning on a Stick: 1632–1635: Pen and brown ink: 13.5 x 7.8 cm: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The drawing is related to the etching B133 : Study for Drunk Lot: 1633: Black chalk ...
The painting depicts dealers selling horses at the horse market held on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital in Paris. The hospital of Salpêtrière can be seen in the left background. The prime version of the painting has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1887, when it was donated by Cornelius Vanderbilt II. It ...
In 2000 the portrait was sold at Christie's in London as a portrait of the wife of the theologian Johannes Sylvius for nearly 20 million pounds. [5] Aeltje Pietersdr Uylenburgh lived in the minister's residence of the Oude Kerk and was the daughter of Saskia van Uylenburgh's uncle Pieter, making them first cousins, though Aeltje was a generation older and probably served as a guide for the 21 ...
The horse appears less frequently in modern art, partly because the horse is no longer significant either as a mode of transportation or as an implement of war. Most modern representations are of famous contemporary horses, artwork associated with horse racing, or artwork associated with the historic cowboy or Native American tradition of the ...