A youthful, confident Rembrandt shakes things up in the paintings galleries. More»
Newly acquired portraits tell the unusual story of British banking heir Henry Hoare and the artist who depicted him. More»
What work of art screams ‘America’ to you? This is a reflection on works of art that make you think about national identity. More»
These amazingly detailed prints depict the successful military campaign of the Qianlong Emperor against Nepalese warriors. More»
Three prints by James Ensor have just joined the collection of the Getty Research Institute. All three were made in the 1890s, when Ensor was at the peak of his creative powers, and all contain the eerie imagery for which… More»
Today the Getty Research Institute launches the Getty Research PortalTM, an unprecedented resource that will provide broad, free access to digitized texts in the field of art and architectural history. The Getty Research Portal is a free online search gateway… More»
The Getty Museum’s most recent painting acquisition, Jean-Antoine Watteau’s The Italian Comedians, is now on view at the Getty Center. It’s installed in Gallery S202 with an array of other 18th-century paintings in the collection, including one by Nicolas Lancret…. More»
At 8:15 Sunday morning I found myself scurrying through a parking lot in Culver City to get on an old-fashioned-looking red and white bus. I took one of the last empty seats alongside dozens of other chipper volunteers as we… More»
A beautiful bronze Double Head, attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco Primaticcio, has just joined the Museum’s collection. Though made by an Italian, it was commissioned by a Frenchman: Francis I, the king of France, for his palace at Fontainebleau… More»
In the ocean, a crosscurrent runs across the main flow, stirring things up. Similarly, you can see different artistic movements, crossing each other from a variety of directions, in the exhibition Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture,… More»
“Angel with Tambourine”, c.1360, Pisan school.
Statuette duet with our added harp player:
Harp Player, 2700-2300 B.C., Unknown, Cycladic. J. Paul Getty Museum.