one of the most enlightened collectors of the time
and props to represent the scene in the stable at Bethlehem after the birth of Christ
Kathleen Adler analyzes this pivotal work in detail and uses it as a launching point for a larger discussion of the artist's life
A landmark publication positions Turner as a pioneer in depicting contemporary life in the wake of dizzying changes resulting from industrialization and modernization
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Poussin's Sacrament of Ordination Art Publications one of the most enlightenedPainted by Nicolas Poussin, the Sacrament of Ordination, recently acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum, is a major milestone of Franco Italian classicism of the seventeenth century. The magisterial painting depicts Christ's charge to Saint Peter and offers a profound meditation on nature, faith, and the epochal unfolding of sacred history. It is part of Poussin's acclaimed first series of the Seven Sacraments, painted for Cassiano dal Pozzo, one of the