Rembrandt van Rijn, The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburgh, 1642, Oil on canvas, 149.4 x 178.5 inches The most puzzling aspect of the The Night Watch is the figure of the small girl, the so-called mascot of the civic guard, located just left of...
Gian Antonio Fumiani, The Martyrdom and Apotheosis of Saint Pantalon, 1680-1704, San Pantalon, Venice Venice has a surfeit of amazing examples of painting, and one is reluctant to choose a favorite from the stunning array of this kind of art on view. One painted...
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656, Oil on canvas, 125.2 in × 108.7 inches Sphinx-like, Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas (1656) questions more than it answers. Whether the picture is about the painter with a brush in the mirror, or the princess with her parents in the...
