The Power of Appearances

This exhibition of sixty-two prints, organized by the National Lending Service of the National Gallery of Art and supplemented with prints, medals, books, and broadsides from five other institutions, features both realistic and idealized images of leading political, religious, and cultural figures by the foremost artists of the period.

This exhibition was gereously supported by the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund and the William Chase Grant 1919 Memorial Fund.
Elizabeth, Queen of England Phillip II of Spain Girolamo de Siena
Titian Erasmus by Durer Erasmus by Holbein
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