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Selected Works Let There be Light!

This selection of artworks centers round the sun, light, and how they are portrayed by artists. Regardless of how it is painted or portrayed, light is a key element in the components of an artwork.

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Prints and Drawings

Nicolas POUSSIN (Les Andelys, 1594-Rome, 1665)

The Eucharist

1647
Paintings

Jacob (Isaacksz.) van RUISDAEL

The Ray of Sunlight
Paintings

Anne-Louis GIRODET DE ROUSSY-TRIOSON

The Sleep of Endymion

Salons of 1793 and 1814
Paintings

Leonardo di ser Piero DA VINCI, known as Leonardo da...

The Virgin of the Rocks

c. 1483−1486
Prints and Drawings

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (Paris, 1774-Rome, 1833)

Woman Holding a Child and...

1800