Art and Artifice
Archive 50 - Summer 2025
Detailed image – oil on canvas by Theodore Gericault - 1813-1814. Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard
Oil on Canvas, National Gallery of Art - click on image to enlarge
Richa Franks portrait - 1735
- detail
Attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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Buffalo head close up for 1917 bronze by Alexander Philmister Proctor. National Gallery of Art.
Photo of children drawing on digital tablet "Paint'n'Play" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
Original Page October 15, 2025