National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool: Portrait Detectives
In engaging mini-essays, art historians at the National Museums Liverpool dissect the art of the portrait. Through close examination of six paintings, students learn to interpret the sitter's mood and status and to read clues that convey...
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Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Rubens: Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder
Description and analysis of Rubens's group portrail of the family of Jan Brueghel the Elder.
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Rijksmuseum: Rembrandt's "The Night Watch"
A full-featured exploration of Rembrandt's "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch," better known as "The Night Watch." Learn who is in the painting, the symbols in it, what makes "The Night Watch" innovative,...
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The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery: Primary Teachers' Notes: W. Hogarth: The Graham Children [Pdf]
Notes provide useful background information about the group portrait of the Graham children painted by Hogarth in 1742. Includes ideas to extend the study of the painting to other disciplines.
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Mauritshuis: "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp"
The online home of the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery houses an impressive collection of masterpieces from the golden age of Dutch painting, among them Rembrandt's dramatic group portrait of Amsterdam surgeons. View "The Anatomy...