This magnificent Murano glass chandelier is a centerpiece of L’Enfant Gallery, admired for its extraordinary craftsmanship and luminous presence. Created in the tradition of Venetian glassmaking—an art perfected over nearly a thousand years—the chandelier features hand-blown arms, floral bobeches, trailing vines, and delicate fruits and blossoms fashioned in multicolored glass. Each component was individually shaped, …
A Baroque-period copy after Peter Paul Rubens, Madonna and Child presents the Virgin Mary and Christ Child in an intimate and tender moment. Rubens often presented the Madonna not as an abstract holy figure, but as a very human and intimate mother, connecting divine love with earthly emotion. The representation is tender, physical, and emotionally …
A luminous winter landscape, First Thaw captures the fleeting moment when snow yields to sunlight, and whispers of spring stir beneath their frozen blanket. Jonas Lie renders the transition with a musician’s rhythm and a philosopher’s calm, transforming paint into melody. The composition’s harmony of blues, whites and ochres evokes the thaw of both nature …
The marble Hebe stands in perpetual motion—her back foot lifted in approach, her right arm raised to pour from a now-absent oinochoe, her left hand offering a kylix as she advances toward the viewer. The chiton clings to her form, cascading in sculpted folds that seem to defy gravity, while a delicate necklace and diadem …
Painted circa 1850, this monumental oil on canvas captures U.S. Senator Daniel Webster delivering his historic “Seventh of March” speech on the Compromise of 1850—one of the most consequential debates in the nation’s history. Attributed to Eliphalet M. Brown, Jr., the work portrays the Senate Chamber in full session, with over one hundred recognizable figures …
This unsigned oil portrait of Dolley Madison, wife of fourth US President James Madison, is attributed to John Wesley Jarvis, who captures not just her likeness, but the resilience and elegance of her character. Painted c.1820, the work’s soft lighting and rich tonal palette are typical of the painter’s style. The portrait began its life …
Three Basque sailors stand beneath an oil-soaked sky — youth, command, and shadow sharing one frame. The first glows in burnt yellows and oranges, his sharp gaze alive with defiance. Beside him, a stern officer folds his arms in authority. The third, half in darkness, seems drained of life, his eyes wandering beyond the canvas. …
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