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Dutch Art in a Global Age
The seventeenth century has long been considered a “golden age” for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutch Republic’s growth as an economic world power…
Strong Women in Renaissance Italy
The story of the Renaissance in Italy is often told through the work of great male artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo. But…
On view October 8, 2023–January 15, 2024 BOSTON (August 9, 2023)—John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) brought his sitters to life, but he did much more…
On view September 9, 2023–January 7, 2024 BOSTON (August 9, 2023)—The history of the Italian Renaissance has long been told through the…
How do you start writing a paper, an e-mail, or a letter? Often our first thoughts are not the final product we want other others to read. Instead we…
Issue: Reflections from the Center for Netherlandish Art Fellows
“We weep with the weeping, laugh with the laughing, and grieve with the grieving. These movements of the soul are made known by movements of the body…
Issue: Reflections from the Center for Netherlandish Art Fellows
BOSTON (June 5, 2023)—About 2,500 years ago, the Acropolis of Athens was filled with statues of young women, called korai. Raised on high bases, these…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Hosts First U.S. Exhibition Devoted to Painter Matthew Wong
On view July 1, 2023–February 14, 2024 BOSTON (June 7, 2023)—Matthew Wong (1984–2019) achieved resounding critical acclaim during his short yet…
Africa, Infrastructure, and Empire in Rubens’s Portrait of Mulay Ahmad
Painted around 1609, Peter Paul Rubens’s portrait of Mulay Ahmad depicts an African man from the waist up, standing before a city and a massive…
Issue: Reflections from the Center for Netherlandish Art Fellows
Born in Hawaii to parents of Okinawan ancestry, Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011) was a technically masterful and innovative artist best known for her…