Ms. Ellin Mitchell

American, 1936 - 1993

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Anonymous Artist, Hercules and the Nemean Lion [reverse], c. 1520, bronze, Gift of Ellin Mitchell Works of Art in honor of Douglas Lewis and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.115.1.b

Hercules and the Nemean Lion [reverse]

Anonymous Artist · c. 1520 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1990.115.1.b

Anonymous Artist, Standing Leda and the Swan [obverse], c. 1520, bronze, Gift of Ellin Mitchell Works of Art in honor of Douglas Lewis and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.115.1.a

Standing Leda and the Swan [obverse]

Anonymous Artist · c. 1520 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1990.115.1.a

Moderno, Cacus Stealing the Oxen of Hercules, bronze, Kaiser Fund, 1984.73.2

Cacus Stealing the Oxen of Hercules

Moderno · · bronze ·  Accession ID  1984.73.2

Giovanni Bernardi, Christ Expelling the Moneychangers from the Temple, c. 1540/1549, engraved rock crystal, Gift of David Edward Finley and Margaret Eustis Finley, 1984.5.1

Christ Expelling the Moneychangers from the Temple

Giovanni Bernardi · c. 1540/1549 · engraved rock crystal ·  Accession ID  1984.5.1

Alessandro Algardi, A Flagellator of Christ, c. 1630s, silver, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.124.1

A Flagellator of Christ

Alessandro Algardi · c. 1630s · silver ·  Accession ID  1991.124.1

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, Altar with a Female Bust, bronze, Gift of David Edward Finley and Margaret Eustis Finley, 1984.73.3

Altar with a Female Bust

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · · bronze ·  Accession ID  1984.73.3

Peter Flötner, Temperance, bronze, Edward E. MacCrone Fund, 1984.73.1

Temperance

Peter Flötner · · bronze ·  Accession ID  1984.73.1

Tommaso di Calisto, Antique Sacrifice, c. 1470/1480, bronze, Edward E. MacCrone Fund, 1985.23.1

Antique Sacrifice

Tommaso di Calisto · c. 1470/1480 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1985.23.1

From high above the earth, we look onto a dramatically lit scene with a man falling from a horse-drawn chariot in midair, surrounded by eleven women against a bank of clouds in this horizontal painting. All of the people have pale skin and are illuminated by a bright burst of sunlight streaming across the scene from the upper right corner. The man is covered only by a burgundy-red sash that wraps across his groin and around one shoulder. He careens headfirst from the U-shaped, golden chariot with his chest facing us, arms flung overhead and legs splayed, to our right of center. The tumble of bodies around him includes four horses, three ivory white and one gray, and the eleven women, who are either nude or dressed in robes of parchment white, tan, slate blue, butterscotch yellow, steel gray, or rose pink. The women all have blond or brown hair, and some have wings like butterflies, patterned with circles and stripes. They fall alongside the man or float above the wreckage, their robes and hair billowing. Some of the women hold the red reins of the horses, though some of the reins stop abruptly or are painted over so they appear as dark lines beneath the surface. The nickel-gray clouds surround and support some of the women in front of a hazy circular arch curving up the left side of the composition. Peeks of sky around the action are deep aqua blue, and vibrant orange flames lick up from the earth in the lower right.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608, oil on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1990.1.1

The Fall of Phaeton

Sir Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1990.1.1