Art

Look closely at Near the Lake. Surrounded by lush, bright foliage, man and a young girl at close range lean against a fence near a lake.

Look closely at The Battle around the Shield and Lance. Etching of a dense group of plume-helmeted soldiers on foot and horseback engaged in battle.

Look closely at Susanna Surprised by the Elders, from The Story of Susanna. Engraving of a seated nude woman washing her feet in a small fountain, two men and town buildings behind.

Look closely at St. Jerome Praying. Engraving of an old man seated on the floor of a modest room, nude but for a cloth draped around his shoulder and hip, hand on his heart.

Look closely at Yellow Dancers (In the Wings). Three light-skinned, dark-haired ballerinas, painted in muted tones, wear off-the-shoulder yellow leotards and tutus as they huddle near each other.

Look closely at Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect). Two haystacks, dusted with snow, in a hazy, snow-covered field at sunset.

Look closely at A Stagecoach. A dense group of many adults, the men in top hats, sit atop a stagecoach pulled by four horses at full gallop.

Look closely at Portrait of a Sixty-year-old Woman, from Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de D. Engraving of a seated woman wearing a period fabric ruff collar that extends outward beyond her ears.

Look closely at Sandvika, Norway. Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Look closely at Bottle. A white glass bottle with a narrow neck decorated with reliefs of columns and vases or pitchers.

Look closely at A14: Pennsylvania Drawing Room, 1834–36. A miniature room with yellow walls, inset pillars, and an ornate cabinet centered on the far wall.

Look closely at Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams. Dark portrait of an older light-skinned women with dark hair in a black dress and white collar, her hair pinned up.

Joachim Wtewael painted the Olympian gods fighting the giants on a copper panel about twenty centimetres wide. The gods turn their identifying attributes into weapons, giving the crowded action a set of details to follow.

Look closely at Portrait of a Man in Costume. Painting of bearded, ruddy-faced man in eighteenth century style clothing.

Look closely at Mug. Black glazed terracotta vessel with a short, curved handle on one side.

This gold aureus was minted in Rome in 138, the first year of Antoninus Pius’s reign. Its carefully centered imperial image belongs to a coinage associated with the prosperous era later labeled that of the “Good Emperors.”

Look closely at The Assumption of the Virgin. Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven amongst multitude of angels.

Look closely at Cranes on snow-covered pine. A pair of white, blue, pink, and black cranes, one with wing extended, perch on a wide, knotty, snow-covered pine branch.

Look closely at The Feast in the House of Simon. Painting depicting Christ anointed by a woman in yellow, seated centrally at a crowded table of guests with long thin grayish faces in colorful robes with strong white highlights.

Look closely at Bowl with Bold Black-on-White Diamond and Zizgag Motifs. Bone-colored bowl with interior decorations of bone-colored zig-zags, diamonds, and lines on a black background, a circle at the interior base.

Look closely at Unfinished Study of Sheep. Painting in brown and yellow tones of a flock of sheep at close range, one facing front and looking directly at the viewer.

Look closely at Saint William of Maleval. Etching printed in reddish brown ink of man in armor, his wrists and ankles bound with rope to a tree.

Look closely at Allegory of Carnal Love. Five young adult figures sparingly draped in loose fabric and two nude toddler-aged males frolic in a woodland scene.

Look closely at Portrait of an Artist. Painting of a mustached man with a wide-brimmed black hat and white flat collar seen from the waist up, turned to the viewer.