Following the release of the US president-elect's official portrait, an expert reveals how scouring the pages of art history can help decode its meaning.
The closest echo in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian Baroque artist ...
Now, four years later, one of those works has been returned: A Rocky Coast, With Soldiers Studying a Plan, a 17th-century landscape painting by ... Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter and poet ...
The exhibition, open until 12 January 2025, displays works that provide a deeper insight into the influence of Raphael in 17th century Rome, showing art such as Pietro da Cortona's "Galatea".
“A Cabinet of Wonders: A Celebration of Art in Nature” even reconstructs a 17th-century Wunderkammer ... as well as Japanese globes and Italian wax plant and fruit models.