Wall Street Journal

‘The Descent From the Cross’: A Searing Good Friday Scene

A generation ago, Madrid’s Prado Museum was an off-the-beaten-track treasure trove of Western art. Now, with annual attendance exceeding three million people, it has become one of Europe’s ...
The Washington Post

When a saint draws the Virgin, so much is in the details

Van der Weyden’s depiction of Saint Luke is a meditation on attention as much as painting I often study the expression on the face of Saint Luke in this masterpiece by Rogier van der Weyden at ...
Wall Street Journal

Rogier Van Der Weyden Rarities, Together in Spain

Art historians agree on the greatness of early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden, but they tend to disagree about what he actually painted. Of the 25-odd surviving works now generally ...
The Harvard Crimson

Loan Exhibition Unusual One

The special loan exhibition of Flemish paintings which was opened at the Fogg Art Museum on Wednesday, will continue for a period of two weeks. This important exhibition covers, in an unusual way, the ...
The Harvard Crimson

Flemish Paintings on Exhibition

Beginning November 15, and continuing for a period of two weeks, a special loan exhibition of Flemish paintings will be held at the Fogg Art Museum. The exhibition is intended to cover, in an unusual ...