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[didoofcarthage]

Incantation by John Dixon, after John Hamilton Mortimer

British, 1773

mezzotint on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

[galleryofunknowns]

Moretto de Brascia (b.1498 - d.1554), ‘Portrait of a Lady in White’, c. 1540, Italian,  currently in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

[fluffairy]

Who needs the Uffizi or the Louvre or the Musei Vaticani when you have the beautiful and lovely and absolutely amazing National Gallery of Art? Today I visited with my best friend for the first time in 9 months, and I've missed it so much. The NGA has always been the place that I've felt most comfortable in in DC, and I've missed that kind of comforting experience while I've been away. DC is a weird place, there's no denying that; it's full of power and politics and nationalism, but it's also full of culture, and the NGA is the best of the best. Can't wait to visit again so so soon 💕

[didoofcarthage]

Angel Standing, attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, 17th century

pen and brown ink over traces of charcoal on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

[didoofcarthage]

Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit by Anne Vallayer-Coster

French, 1783 (exhibited at the Salon of 1783)

oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

[didoofcarthage]

The Presentation at the Temple in the Dark Manner by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, c. 1653

etching and drypoint on paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

[didoofcarthage]

Lucretia by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, 1664

oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

[didoofcarthage]

Allegory of Painting by Rosalba Carriera

Italian, 1730s

pastel and red chalk on blue laid paper mounted on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.