I took a look at some of the March saints, especially ones for March 4. Saint Casimir of Poland, listed as a patron of Poland turned up first. He lived in the 1400's, and was a grandson of King Jagiello who married one of my favorites, Saint Jadwig. Saint Casimir was not Jadwig’s granddaughter. Jadwig’s [...]
Category: national gallery of art
Harps at the National Gallery of Art in DC
I mention DC because sometimes when I do a search for National Gallery I get London. I'm offering a little eye candy today. All the pictures are from National Art Gallery and all are in the public domain. Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely artist: Thomas Sully, 1818. What's very entertaining to me about this [...]
Snow, snow, beautiful snow.
The Shy Museum Goer dropped a lovely blog post about snow over the weekend. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/01/05/the-fine-art-of-depicting-snow/ She says that snow was first found in Western European art in the 1500's. Go check out Pieter Bruegel's painting of the Epiphany in the snow. Diane Tucker is always fun. The Jericho Society has images from the Vermont enthusiast, [...]
Happy Feast of the Epiphany!
Some links today. Header from Benvenuto di Giovanni 1400's. A story about three pictures by Peter Paul Rubens that were exhibited together at the National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2015/rubens-the-three-magi.html Here's a whole presentation about the paintings in the exhibit. https://www.nga.gov/features/rubens-magi.html#parmain_text Mary as a shepherdess? Mary divine??? A fascinating and very balanced discussion of a statue [...]
Christmas! Lost track of the days
Header: The Adoration of the Magi Sandro Botticelli 1478-1482 National Gallery of Art: Public domain Here below is Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi's interpretation. (1440-1460) I've always loved the circular format and the peacock. Discussion of symbolism in the painting... https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/angelico-lippi-the-adoration-of-the-magi.html Update! https://www.nga.gov/stories/adoration-of-the-magi-fra-angelico-fra-filippo-lippi.html#top Another link! December 27: Feast of Saint John the Apostle. December [...]
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