Fine Art

The Reverend Washington Very (1815-1853) — History & Facts

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Francis E. and Lydia L. A.

Very to Harvard College, 1896

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A man wearing a heavy brown coat and dark fur hat with a white bandage on his right ear clenches a wooden pipe between his lips as smoke rises.

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

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Feast in the House of Levi, oil on canvas by an unidentified artist, depicting a lively banquet scene.

Feast in the House of Levi

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A young woman on a swing in a flowing dress, oil on canvas by an unidentified artist

The Swing

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Portrait of Michelangelo, oil on panel, by an unidentified artist

Portrait of Michelangelo after the "Strozzi" original in the Uffizi Gallery

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Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, oil on panel, unidentified artist

Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)

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Portrait of Charles I, oil on canvas by an unidentified artist

Charles I (after a van Dyck painting in the Staatliche Museen, Gemaldegalerie, Dresden)

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Dormition of the Virgin, wood medium, by an unidentified artist, featuring the Virgin surrounded by light.

Dormition of the Virgin

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Renaissance wood sculpture of Madonna and Child by an unidentified artist

Madonna and Child

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Portrait of John Winthrop, the Younger, oil on canvas by an unidentified artist

John Winthrop, the Younger (1606-1676)

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Crucifix with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, tempera on panel, unidentified artist

Crucifix with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, Christ the Redeemer, and a Praying Woman

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A young girl in a pale dress stands center surrounded by figures including two women, a dwarf, a dog, and a man with a brush beside a large canvas.

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

A European girl wearing a blue headscarf with a yellow drape and a large pearl earring against a dark background.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

A man wearing a heavy brown coat and dark fur hat with a white bandage on his right ear clenches a wooden pipe between his lips as smoke rises.

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

Marie de' Medici stands in a lavish black and gold gown with a golden mantle and helmet, crowned by two winged putti above her, with armor and weapons at her feet against a dramatic sky.

Portrait de Marie de Médicis

Peter Paul Rubens

A seated woman in a deep blue and gold gown with a starched white ruff, holding flowers, against a red curtain and grand architectural background.

Anne of Austria, Queen of France

Peter Paul Rubens

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting the Duke on a rearing warhorse.

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi

Peter Paul Rubens

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