The Allegorical Frescoes of the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua
November 19, 2012
The theme of this extensive fresco cycle—which is comprised of more than 300 scenes—is human life as regulated by the heavens.
Photoarchive
St. Lawrence Recovered
June 22, 2012
The Photoarchive allows researchers to trace the history of a work of art. The image of St. Lawrence by Niccolò di Buonaccorso of Siena, recovered from a later overpainting, offers an instructive example of this crucial aspect of our collection.
Forgotten Folk Songs
May 3, 2012
In 1932 Juliana Force, the director of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, commissioned Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975) to create a series of eight murals for the library of the museum. While six panels from this series survive, two ceiling panels are unlocated. It is feared that they have been destroyed.
Is There a Portrait in Your Past?
April 9, 2012
The Parthenon in 1667
November 16, 2011
This detailed sketch, based on George Wheeler’s topographical drawing of 1667, documents the appearance of the Parthenon just a few years before Venetian forces shelled the Acropolis during the Republic’s struggle to take the city from the Ottomans in 1687.
Drawing Lost in Spanish Civil War
November 16, 2011
Illustrating Identity
Looking for images of ancestors or historic figures? Trying to identify the locale in a painting? Find out how.
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