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<p>Jan Pietersz Saenredam, Hendrick Goltzius, Johannes Janssonius, Artist Painting a Nude Woman: Allegory of Visual Perception, c. 1598; published after 1616

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, Hendrick Goltzius, Johannes Janssonius, Artist Painting a Nude Woman: Allegory of Visual Perception, c. 1598; published after 1616, engraving on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.596

The Art of Looking

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrik Goltzius, Artist Painting a Nude Woman: Allegory of Visual Perception

The Art of Looking

  • Friday, August 5, 2022
  • 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Virtual
  • Registration Required

Jan Pietersz Saenredam's, after Hendrik Goltzius, Artist Painting a Nude Woman: Allegory of Visual Perception is the inspiration for this interactive conversation. Join us and share your observations, interpretations, questions, and ideas, and build on your own first impressions to broaden your understanding of this work of art. This session lasts one hour and is completely interactive. 

National Gallery educators will facilitate the conversation to create an environment for shared learning. These conversations will encourage you to engage deeply with art, with others, and with the world around you as you hone skills in visual literacy and perspective-taking.

This program is free and open to the public and is designed for anyone interested in talking about art. No art or art history background is required. Ages 18 and over.

Due to the interactive nature of this program, sessions are not recorded.

Live Captions

Live captions (CART) are available in some breakout rooms for this program. Please contact [email protected] to request access or for more information.