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View of Interior of Pantheon, c 1734, oil on canvas, by Giovanni Paolo Panini, commissioned by collector Francesco Algarotti.
Italian architect & painter (1691-1765), Panini was admired for architectural views & capricci of Ancient Rome; trained Hubert Robert & influenced Canaletto, Bellotto.
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September 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Young Woman with a Straw Hat (1884)

by Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895)

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Now on loan to @BoiseArtMuseum
August 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Sheltered from a #asweatydc at the @ngadc for a private @dcfilmcollective tour (including a visit to the photo conservation lab) of the “Beneath the Surface” show, followed by the closing of “Monsters” at @thundersharkgallery , 52 O St. www.instagram.com/p/Dby-jfZFeG...
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August 8, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Finding beauty in everyday life: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), French painter of tranquil, luminous still-life & genre scenes, admired by Manet, Cézanne, Matisse and Proust.
La Fille de Cuisine 1738, NGADC | Panier de Pêches, avec noix, couteau, verre de vin 1768, Musée du Louvre
August 4, 2026 at 5:08 AM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢
Untitled, 1969
Acrylic and ink on wove paper
Gift of the Mark Rothko foundation @ngadc
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
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August 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Master of the poetic landscape: Thomas Gainsborough, English artist, died #OTD 1788; trained by Gravelot, associate of Hogarth & rival of Reynolds, he became a fashionable late 18th Century London portraitist.
Mrs Richard Sheridan 1787, NGADC; Morning Walk 1785, National Gallery London
August 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Starry night: Vincent Van Gogh, avant-garde Dutch post-impressionist artist, whose thick impasto, intense colours (yellow, blue) influenced development of modern art; died #OTD 1890.
Café le Soir, Arles 1888 Kröller-Müller Museum | Starry Night 1889 MoMA New York | Self-portrait 1889 NGADC
July 29, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Art in art: self-portrait painting fiddler of her work Merry Company, 1633, by Judith Leyster (1609-1660), Dutch Baroque artist, one of first women artists admitted to Haarlem painters’ guild. Many of her works were later attributed to Frans Hals or Jan Molenaer.
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July 17, 2026 at 5:01 AM
The Feast of the Gods: painted in 1514-1529, by Venetian master Giovanni Bellini, finished by his pupil Titian. Combining an Ovid tale of misbehaving gods with aspects of a village wedding, the work depicts the first-known Chinese blue & white porcelain in Western art.
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July 4, 2026 at 5:27 AM
I took part in National Gallery of Art’s “Art for Educators” a couple of years ago. NGADC has some great resources for teachers. My big take away was the “Art of looking”.

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Teaching Resources | National Gallery of Art
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June 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Daily Rothko. 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢. Untitled, 1968
Acrylic on wove paper 📸 @erkitekt at the @ngadc 59 13/16 x 42 3/8 in.(151.9 × 107.6 cm) Estate/Inventory Number 1209.68 Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., ©1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜..
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢
Untitled, 1968
Acrylic on wove paper
📸 @erkitekt at the @ngadc
59 13/16 x 42 3/8 in. (151.9 × 107.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number 1209.68
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.,
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
June 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢
Untitled, 1968
Acrylic on wove paper
📸 @erkitekt at the @ngadc
59 13/16 x 42 3/8 in. (151.9 × 107.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number 1209.68
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.,
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
June 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Sé que aprecias la sutileza de #Monet cuando emplea la luz y el viento para mostrar, en #ElPaseo, el gozo de compartir la vida en Argenteuil. Quizá notes su arrebato al verle capturar el instante de azules, verdes, malvas y amarillos con los que se propuso #EmocionArte.
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June 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
¿La gente que se toma lo suficientemente en serio la divulgación como para saber que los moldes se pueden romper siempre? Mi clase de gente
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May 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Francesco Algarotti, Venetian polymath, champion of Newtonianism; died #OTD 1764. Friend of Voltaire & Émilie du Châtelet, patron of Tiepolo, he commissioned Panini’s View of Pantheon c 1734 & owned Liotard’s La belle Chocolatière c 1744.
NGADC |Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | Rijksmuseum
May 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Daily Rothko. 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1969
Acrylic and ink on wove paper. Gift of the Mark Rothko foundation @ngadc Taken at Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington DC. © 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1969
Acrylic and ink on wove paper
Gift of the Mark Rothko foundation @ngadc
Taken at Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington DC.
© 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
March 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1969
Acrylic and ink on wove paper
Gift of the Mark Rothko foundation @ngadc
Taken at Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington DC.
© 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
☼𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
March 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM