Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PAST: ART: "The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione" & A New Look: Samuel F.B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" are on view at the National Gallery of Art, West Building through SUN, July 8th, Free

On view through Sunday, July 8th
Free

Organized according to themes and concerns in the work of Castiglione (1609–1664), this exhibition suggests, for the first time, the complex sources of his style and its rich legacy for later artists. The installation includes approximately 80 works, nearly all from the Gallery's collection, many recently acquired and never before exhibited.

West Building, Main Floor
Metro: Archives- Navy Memorial

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Head of a Young
Man in a Feathered Hat (so-called Self-Portrait)
,
late 1640s, National Gallery of Art,
Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Free

Organized according to themes and concerns in the work of Castiglione (1609–1664), this exhibition suggests, for the first time, the complex sources of his style and its rich legacy for later artists. The installation includes approximately 80 works, nearly all from the Gallery's collection, many recently acquired and never before exhibited.

West Building, Main Floor
Metro: Archives- Navy Memorial

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