Open Art

Close readings of public-domain paintings from permanent museum collections. The object. The artist. What is verifiable.

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#DossoDossi #Dossi #ClevelandMuseumOfArt #Renaissance #ItalianRenaissance #PortraitPainting #SchoolOfFerrara

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Dosso Dossi's 'Portrait of a Young Man' is painted in oil and gold on wood. Created around 1530, it reflects the artist's unique style influenced by Venetian painting. Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://t.co/5JjdPInrvJ

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#Sassetta #ClevelandMuseumOfArt #EarlyRenaissance #Tempera #SieneseSchool #RenaissanceArt #ReligiousPainting

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Sassetta painted St. Francis Kneeling before Christ on the Cross between 1437 and 1444. The work uses tempera and gold on wood. It is an example of the Sienese School's style. Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://t.co/JEavgRygvs

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#RosaBonheur #Bonheur #ClevelandMuseumOfArt #19thCenturyArt #Animalier #FrenchRealism

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Rosa Bonheur's "The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood" spans two decades of creation, from 1860 to 1880. The Cleveland Museum of Art holds this work.

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://t.co/wjTHbgCeU4

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#JohnConstable #Constable #MetMuseum #19thCenturyArt #OilOnCanvas #Romanticism #LandscapePainting

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John Constable's painting 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds' dates to around 1825. The oil on canvas measures 34 5/8 x 44 inches. New York, 1950.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, https://t.co/zYrHHsMQsI