It’s easy to appreciate a beautiful painting at face value, but what happens when we zoom in….way in? What knowledge is unlocked by taking a look at the details? Take a journey through paintings from the National Gallery’s collection by three women artists—Lavinia Fontana, Giulia Mengs, and Anne Vallayer-Coster. See what magnification and 3D imaging reveals about both the groundbreaking artists and their fascinating subjects.
Through the Magnifying Glass / National Gallery of Art, Eve Straussman-Pflanzer - Photo: Anne Vallayer-Coster, Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit, 1783, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Chester Dale Fund, 2023.40.1
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Through the Magnifying Glass
Exploring Masterworks by Women Artists
National Gallery of Art (US), Eve Straussman-Pflanzer (US)
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Through the Magnifying Glass / National Gallery of Art; Eve Straussman-Pflanzer - Photo: Lavinia Fontana: Lucia Bonasoni Garzoni (c. 1590) - oil on canvas - National Gallery of Art - Gift of Funds from Anonymous in memory of Montana Walker Strauss - and Patrons’ Permanent Fund - 2022.38.1
Through the Magnifying Glass / National Gallery of Art; Eve Straussman-Pflanzer - Photo: Anne Vallayer-Coster: Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit (1783) - oil on canvas - National Gallery of Art - Chester Dale Fund - 2023.40.1
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Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
An authority on Italian painting in the early modern period and an expert on early modern women artists and patrons, Straussman-Pflanzer joined the National Gallery in 2020 as curator and head of Italian and Spanish paintings. She was previously the head of the European art department and the Elizabeth and Allan Shelden Curator of European Paintings at the Detroit Institute of Arts and has held posts at the Davis Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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