An ostentatious display of plainness: Copley’s portait of the Mifflins
John Singleton Copley, Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris), 1773, oil on ticking, 156.5 × 121.9 cm (Philadelphia Museum of...
Global trade and an 18th-century Anishinaabe outfit
Anishinaabe outfit, c. 1790, collected by Lieutenant Andrew Foster, Fort Michilimackinac (British), Michigan, Birchbark, cotton, linen, wool, feathers, silk, silver brooches, porcupine quills, horsehair,...
David, Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25 m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée...
Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with her Daughter, Julie
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with her Daughter, Julie, 1789, oil on canvas, 130 x 94 cm (Musée du Louvre). Speakers: Dr. Beth...
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat, 1793, oil on canvas, 65 x 50-1/2 inches (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels)
Speakers: Dr. Beth...
Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and Hunting Scene (Brooklyn Biombo)
Circle of the Gonzales family (artist), c. 1697-1701, Mexico, oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, 229.9 x 275.8 cm (Brooklyn Museum and Museo Nacional...
William Hogarth, Marriage A-la-Mode (including Tête à Tête)
William Hogarth, Marriage A-la-Mode, c. 1743, oil on canvas, 69.9 x 90.8 cm (The National Gallery, London)
1. The Marriage Settlement
2. The Tête à Tête
3,...
Vigée Le Brun, Madame Perregaux
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, Madame Perregaux, 1789, oil on oak panel, 99.6 x 78.5 cm (Wallace Collection, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven...
Boucher, Madame de Pompadour
François Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, oil on canvas, 1750 (extention of canvas and additional painting likely added by Boucher later, Fogg Museum. Created by...