GemäldegalerieBerlin, Germany
Works of Art in Gemäldegalerie
See how the second of a pair of paintings by Bosch is also "behind the eye."
Bosch’s St. John on Patmos (1504-5)
Learn how to note passages between one level of reality and another
Botticelli’s St. Sebastian (c.1473)
Yet one more artist who sees himself as an animal, even as a creating animal
Cranach’s Animals in Adam and Eve’s (1509-1533)
How to recognize the Madonna and Child as a symbol of the artist
Mantegna’s Madonna with Sleeping Child (c.1465-70)
Sometimes the most difficult features to see in art are the most obvious
Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, Part 1 (1512)
This painting of a young Rembrandt holding up a dead bird as though he were the hunter has troubled art scholars for years.
Rembrandt’s Self-portrait with a Dead Bittern (1639)
An essential question about any picture: does the figure resemble an artist at work?
Rembrandt’s Young Woman Leaning Against a Door (1657)
Find out what touching, hands and pointing fingers mean for Titian
Titian’s Touch: Noli Me Tangere (1511-12), Assunta (1520) and Self-portrait (c1560-62)
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