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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Fantasy of a Magnificent Wall Monument, 1764/1766, pen and dark brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, with some gray wash on laid paper, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1996.119.1

Fantasy of a Magnificent Wall Monument

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1764/1766 · pen and dark brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, with some gray wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1996.119.1

This painting is a portrait of a woman. She is seated and facing slightly to the left, with her hands in her lap. She has fair skin, blue eyes, a soft chin, dark curly hair, and pink lips in a neutral expression. She is wearing a golden-brown gown with voluminous sleeves, a low neckline, and pearl accents. She is also adorned with a pearl necklace, earrings, and a bracelet, with more pearls in her long hair. In one hand she is holding white flowers. The background is a warm, dark-toned interior with some red drapery visible on the left.
Anonymous Artist, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, c. 1661-1665, oil on canvas, Timken Collection, 1960.6.26

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland

Anonymous Artist · c. 1661-1665 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1960.6.26

Peter De Wint, Seaweed Gatherers on the Shore at Redcar, Yorkshire, c. 1838, watercolor over traces of graphite with touches of gouache and scratching out on wove paper, Gift of Donald Stone in honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli, 2022.40.38

Seaweed Gatherers on the Shore at Redcar, Yorkshire

Peter De Wint · c. 1838 · watercolor over traces of graphite with touches of gouache and scratching out on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2022.40.38

Sir David Wilkie, A Lock, pen and black-brown ink with gray wash on wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.208

A Lock

Sir David Wilkie · · pen and black-brown ink with gray wash on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.208

Thomas Girtin, The Edge of a Wood, 1800/1801, watercolor over graphite on laid paper, Gift of Donald Stone, 2022.40.57

The Edge of a Wood

Thomas Girtin · 1800/1801 · watercolor over graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2022.40.57

William James Müller, Eel Bucks at Goring, c. 1843, watercolor on wove paper, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin, 2018.86.1

Eel Bucks at Goring

William James Müller · c. 1843 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2018.86.1

Augustus John, The Bathers, 1930s, pen and black ink with gray washes on wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.86

The Bathers

Augustus John · 1930s · pen and black ink with gray washes on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.86

Joseph Nash, The State Opening of Parliament in the Rebuilt House of Lords, 1847, watercolor and gouache over graphite on heavy wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2008.71.1

The State Opening of Parliament in the Rebuilt House of Lords

Joseph Nash · 1847 · watercolor and gouache over graphite on heavy wove paper ·  Accession ID  2008.71.1

Paul Sandby, Derwentwater, late 18th century, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Donald Stone, 2022.40.14

Derwentwater

Paul Sandby · late 18th century · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2022.40.14

Two women and a baby, all with pale skin, sit together on a gray, stone throne with patterned fabric hanging behind them and a patterned rug below in this narrow, vertical painting. The woman sitting on the throne, Saint Anne, is the largest. A second woman, Mary, is smaller in scale, and she sits on Saint Anne’s lap. Mary, in turn, holds a nude baby boy on her lap. Both women have light brown eyes under faint, arched brows, smooth skin, long straight noses, and their shell-pink lips are closed. Saint Anne sits with her body facing us and she looks down with her head slightly tilted to our left. Her white head covering drapes over her shoulders and hangs down from her chin to cover her neck. She wears a marine-blue dress cinched at her waist with a black and gold belt, and a crimson-red robe that falls to and puddles around her feet. Her right arm, on our left, wraps around and holds Mary’s hip, and she supports a book with gold-edged pages with her other hand. Mary sits on Saint Anne’s right thigh, to our left, and leans toward the baby, who sits on her left knee, to our right. Her long, wavy, brown hair falls over her shoulders, and she wears a cobalt-blue robe over a lilac-purple dress. The baby has short, curly blond hair and reaches to turn the pages of the book. He has rounded cheeks and a pudgy torso. The stone throne is ornamented on the arms and at the top corners with ivory-white, nude children that are presumably also carved out of stone. The cloth hanging behind Saint Anne is decorated with glimmering gold, ornamental leaf designs against a pine-green background. The rug beneath her feet is a geometric pattern of red, tan, black, and white.
Gerard David, Netherlandish 15th/16th Century, The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child [middle panel], c. 1500/1520, oil on panel, Widener Collection, 1942.9.17.b

The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child [middle panel]

Gerard David, Netherlandish 15th/16th Century · c. 1500/1520 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1942.9.17.b