DECEMBER 12 SUNDAY 18 SATURDAY Idea: Apollo and Marsyas (WB) 12:00 Gallery Talk: Weighing 12:00 Gallery Talk: The Age of 1:00 Film: Banks' Florilegium See bottom panels for introduc­ Butter: A Postmodern Appraisal of the Baroque in Portugal (EB) 2:00 Gallery Talk: Lovis Corinth: tory and foreign language tours; Antoine Vollon's "Mound of 12:30 Film: The Satin Slipper, Master Prints and Drawings (EB) See reverse side for complete film Butter" (WB) parts one and two 4:00 Film: 0 Dia do Desespero information. 2:00 Family Program: 2:00 Gallery Talk: On the (Day of Despair) Observing Nature with Willingness to be Deceived: 6:00 Film: 0 Meu Caso (My Case) 1 WEDNESDAY John James Audubon (EB) Harnett, Peto, and American Still- 7:00 No Concert 12:00 Gallery Talk: Reading Art: 2:00 Gallery Talk: The Existential Life (WB) Birds in Paintings (WB) Angst of "The City Square" by 28 TUESDAY 12:30 Film: John Lautner Alberto Giacometti (EB) 19 SUNDAY 12:00 Gallery Talk: The Age of 4:00 Sunday Lecture: Vasari Visits 12:00 Gallery Talk: The Age of the Baroque in Portugal (EB) 2 THURSDAY the National Gallery (EB) the Baroque in Portugal (EB) 12:30 Film: Robert Bateman 10:15 Western Art Survey 6:00 Film: Francisca 2:00 Gallery Talk: John James Course: Fifteenth-Century 7:00 Concert: Rasma Lielmane, Audubon: The Watercolors for 29 WEDNESDAY Italian Art (WB) violin; Arthur Ozolins, piano "The Birds of America" (EB) 12:00 Gallery Talk: Image and 12:30 Film: John Lautner 4:00 Sunday Lecture: Idea: Apollo and Marsyas (WB) 14 TUESDAY Giambologna and the Female 12:30 Film: Robert Bateman 3 FRIDAY Alberto Giacometti. The City Square, c. 1948/1 (M9. National Gallery of Art. Gift of 12:00 Gallery Talk: Weighing Nude (EB) 1:00 Gallery Talk: "Gloria Victu Enid A. Haupt 12:00 Gallery Talk: Renaissance Butter: A Postmodern Appraisal of 6:00 Film: The Satin Slipper, Personalities in National Gallery James Audubon (registration 9 THURSDAY Antoine Vollon's "Mound of parts three and four 30 THURSDAY Portraits (WB) required) 1:00 Gallery Talk: The Existential Butter" (WB) 7:00 Concert: The Maryland 12:00 Gallery Talk: The Age of 12:30 Film: John Lautner 4:00 Sunday Lecture: A Genius Angst of "The City 'Square " by Camerata, Samuel Gordon, the Baroque in Portugal (EB) 2:00 Gallery Talk: A Look Out the Reinvented: Tiepolo Paintings in Alberto Giacometti (EB) 15 WEDNESDAY conductor 12:30 Film: Robert Bateman Window in American Naive the National Gallery of Art (EB) 12:00 Gallery Talk: Weighing 1:00 Gallery Talk: "Gloria Victus" Portraiture (WB) 6:00 Films: A Caga and Benilde, 10 FRIDAY Butter: A Postmodern Appraisal of 22 WEDNESDAY by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercie or the Virgin Mother 12:00 Gallery Talk: Reading Art: Antoine Vollon's "Mound of 12:00 Gallery Talk: The Age of (WB) 4 SATURDAY 7:00 Concert: National Gallery Birds in Paintings (WB) Butter" (WB) the Baroque in Portugal (EB) 12:30 Films: Douro, Faina Fluvial Orchestra, George Manos, 2:00 Gallery Talk: On the 1:00 Gallery Talk: "The Fortress 12:30 Film: Banks' Flo rilegium and Aniki-Bobo conductor Willingness to be Deceived: ofKonigstein " by Bernardo 1:00 Gallery Talk: Weighing Harnett, Peto, arid American Still- Bellotto (WB) 23 THURSDAY Butter: A Postmodern Appraisal 7 TUESDAY Life (WB) 12:30 Film: Banks' Florilegium ofAntoine lotion's "Mound of 12:00 Gallery Talk: Reading Art: 16 THURSDAY 1:00 Gallery Talk: Lovis Corinth: Butter" (WB) Birds in Paintings (WB) 11 SATURDAY 10:15 Western Art Survey Master Prints and Drawings (EB) 2:00 Gallery Talk: On the 1:00 Gallery Talk: Lovis Corinth: 12:00 Gallery Talk: Weighing Course: Sixteenth-Century Art Willingness to be Deceived: Master Prints and Drawings (EB) Butter: A Postmodern Appraisal of (WB) 24 FRIDAY Harnett, Peto, and American Antoine Vollon 's "Mound of 1:00 Gallery Talk: John James 12:30 Film: Banks' Florilegium Still-Life (WB) 8 WEDNESDAY Butter" (WB) Audubon: The Watercolors for 3:00 Film: Acto da Prirnavera 12:00 Gallery Talk: Introducing 12:30 Film: Doomed Love "The Birds of America" (EB) 25 SATURDAY Art: Self-Portraits (WB) 2:00 Gallery Talk: A Look Out the Christmas Day Holiday 5 SUNDAY 1:00 Gallery Talk: Lovis Corinth: Window In American Naive 17 FRIDAY Gallery is Closed 1:00 Film: John Lautner Master Prints and Drawings (EB) Portraiture (WB) 2:00 Gallery Talk: A Look Out the 2:00 Family Program: Window in American Naive 26 SUNDAY Ambrogio de Predis, Bianca Maria Sforza, probably 1493. National Gallery Observing Nature with John Portraiture (WB) 12:00 Gallery Talk: Image and of Art, Widener Collection

Gallery Talks ate lecturing fellow. December 3, lecturer. December 1, 7, 10 at Sunday Concert Sunday Lectures Foreign Language 11, 17 at 2:00 (WB). noon (WB). Tours and lectures are given by Series Lectures given by National Tours Gallery staff and distinguished education division lecturers and On the Willingness to be Deceived: Self-Portraits (45 minutes). Eric Concerts take place at 7:00 every Foreign language tours of the per­ staff. Unless oth­ scholars at 4:00 in the East National Gallery Harnett, Peto, and American Denker, lecturer. December 8 at Sunday evening through June 26, manent collection are offered on Building Large Auditorium. erwise noted, talks begin in either Still-Life (45 minutes). Arieta noon (WB). 1994. Admission to the National Tuesdays. Tours of the West of the West Building Listening devices are available for the Rotunda Georgievska-Shine, graduate lec­ Gallery and its concerts is always Building are at noon and begin in (WB) or at the Ground Floor Art the hearing impaired at the Art turing fellow. December 4, 10, 18 Special Exhibitions free. Concertgoers are admitted to the Rotunda. Tours of the East Desk of the East Information Desk. Information at 2:00 (WB). John James Audubon: The the East Garden Court on a first- Building are at 2:00 and begin at come, first-served basis beginning Building (EB). Water-colors for "The Birds of the Art Information Desk. at 6:00. Concertgoers arriving DECEMBER 5 The Existential Angst, of "The America" (45 minutes). Wilford Sign Language Tours between 6:00 and 7:00 may enter A Genius Reinvented: Tiepolo City Square " by Alberto W. Scott, lecturer. December 16 December 7: French Tours of the permanent collection only at the 6th Street and Paintings in the National Gallery Giacometti (Gift of Enid A. at 1:00, December 19 at 2:00 December 14: Spanish and special exhibitions are avail­ Constitution Avenue entrance to Diane De Grazia, curator of Haupt) (20 minutes). Robin (EB). December 21: German and the West Building. The Garden southern baroque painting able with a sign language inter­ Spanish Thorne Ptacek, lecturer. Cafe is open until 6:30 for pre­ preter for groups of five or more, December 9 at 1:00, December 12 The Age of the Baroque in December 28: Italian and may be scheduled with four concert dinner. Concerts are DECEMBER 12 at 2:00 (EB). Portugal (60 minutes). Wilford weeks notice. For adult groups, broadcast on a one-month Vasari Visits the National Gallery W. Scott, lecturer. December 18, delayed basis every Sunday Spanish tours are repeated regu­ please call (202) 842-6247 or Leonard Barkan, professor of Weighing Butter: A Postmodern 19, 22, 28, 30 at noon (EB). evening at 7:00 on radio station larly on the third Tuesday of every TDD (202) 842-6176; for school English literature and art history, Appraisal of Antoine Vollon's WGTS 91.9-FM. For further infor­ month. Meet in the East Building groups call (202) 842-6249 or University of Michigan, Ann "Mound of Butter" (Chester Dale Lovis Corinth: Master Prints and mation, call (202) 842-6941. at 12:00 and West Building at Arbor write to: Education Division, Tour Fund) (25 minutes). Robin Drawings (45 minutes). Frances 2:00. Scheduling, National Gallery of Thorne Ptacek, lecturer. Feldman, lecturer. December 23 DECEMBER 5 Art, Washington, D.C. 20565. DECEMBER 19 December 4 at 1:00; December at 1:00, December 26 at 2:00 National Gallery Orchestra Giambologna and the Female Include the type of tour you are 11,12, 14, 15 at noon (WB). (EB). George Marios, conductor requesting, two alternative dates With guest artists: Claudia Nude and times, the number in your Anthony Radcliffe, keeper emeri­ Introductory Tours "Gloria Victus" by Marias-Jean- Curators, Conservators, and Chudacoff, violin-^ Marcio Botelho, group, a contact person, and an tus of sculpture, Victoria and Antonin Mercie (Andrew W. Other Specialists ce//o; and Robert Boguslaw, piano Introduction to the West Building address. You will be notified in Albert Museum, London, and Mellon Fund) (20 minutes). Eric Lovis Corinth: Master Prints and Works by Beethoven Collection Samuel H. Kress Professor, Center writing of the status of your Denker, lecturer. December 30 at Drawings (60 minutes). Monday-Saturday 10:30, 12:30, request. for Advanced Study in the Visual 1:00 (WB). Christopher With, head of art DECEMBER 12 and 2:30 Arts, National Gallery of Art information. December 7, 8 at Rasma Lielmane, violin Sunday 12:30, 2:30, and 4:30 Focus: The Permanent Collection Arthur Ozolins, piano Image and Idea: Apollo and 1:00 (EB). West Building Rotunda Renaissance Personalities in Works by Grieg, Brahms, and DECEMBER 26 Marsyas (25 minutes). Frances National Gallery Portraits (60 Prokofiev Film: O Dia do Desespero Feldman, lecturer. December 26, "The Fortress ofKonigstein " by Introduction to the East Building (Day of Despair) minutes). J. Russell Sale, lecturer. 29, January 4, 7 at noon (WB). Bernardo Bellotto (new acquisi­ Collection DECEMBER 19 December 3 at noon (WB). Monday-Saturday 11:30 and 1:30 tion - Patrons1 Permanent Fund) The Maryland Camerata Sunday 11:30, 1:30, and 3:30 Introducing Art (30 minutes). Edgar Peters Samuel Gordon, conductor A Look Out the Window in East Building, Art Information Reading Art: Birds in Paintings Bowron, senior curator of paint­ Christmas concert American Naive Portraiture (45 (45 minutes). Philip L. Eeonard, ings. December 15 at 1:00 (WB). Desk minutes). Rebecca Albiani, gradu­ DECEMBER 26 No concert National Gallery of Art CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

Film Programs Audio Tours The Age of the Baroque in Portugal Lovis Corinth: Master Prints and Drawings from the Marcy Family East Building Acto da Primavera (Manoel de Audio tours are $3.75 ($3.25 for through February 6, 1994 and the National Gallery of Art Large Auditorium Oliveira, 1963, 94 minutes); senior citizens, students, and groups East Building, Mezzanine and Upper Level December 4 at 3:00. of ten or more). Special headsets through February 21, 1994 Listening devices are available for and/or scripts are available for visi­ East Building, Ground Level A Ca$a (Manoel de Oliveira, 1964, the hearing impaired at the Art tors who are hearing impaired. This first major art exhibition sent Information Desk. 21 minutes) andBenilde, or the by Portugal to the United States sur­ One of the most important figures in enlarge the boundaries of its expres­ Virgin Mother (Manoel de Oliveira, To reserve audio tours for groups, veys the opulent art of the eighteenth turn-of-the-century German art, sive potential, "to extend conven­ Beginning Saturday, December 4, 1975, 110 minutes); December 5 at call (202) 842-6592. century, a period of brilliant achieve­ Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) was a tions rather than to shatter them," and continuing on weekends through 6:00. January 2, a retrospective of films ment and patronage in the arts in painter, draftsman, and accom­ as he put it. Spanning the artist's devoted to the celebrated Portuguese Amor de Perdicao (Doomed Love), Permanent Collection Portugal. Among the extraordinary plished printmaker. This exhibition range of interests, the show includes director Manoel de Oliveira will be (Manoel de Oliveira, 1978, 260 min­ The Director's Tour, narrated by treasures displayed are a sixty-six- presents seventy-four of Corinth's nudes, portraits, self-portraits, presented in the East Building audi­ utes); December 11 at 12:30. Earl A. Powell III, discusses fif­ foot-long, hand-painted tile frieze prints and drawings, including many mythological and religious scenes, teenth- through early twentieth-cen­ depicting the Eisbon skyline as it rare and extremely fine impressions. interiors, and the late landscapes torium in association with the exhibi­ Francisca (Manoel de Oliveira, 1981, appeared in the early eighteenth tion The Age of the Baroque in tury masterpieces and includes some cen­ It celebrates the generous gift to the that remain among the most popular 166 minutes); December 12 at 6:00. tury, a monumental carved Portugal. Organized in association of the Gallery's best-loved paintings. and gild­ National Gallery of 134 works from images of his oeuvre. Represented ed wood altarpiece, and an elabo­ with the Embassy of Portugal and The Satin Slipper (Manoel de the Sigbert H. Marcy family. Marcy are such varied media as etching, rately decorated gilded coach created the Instituto Portugues de Cinema, Oliveira, 1985, 410 minutes, in four American Art. narrated by Nicolai had been a close friend and patron of drypoint, lithography, and woodcut. for a celebrated ambassadorial the series comprises ten of Oliveira's parts); parts one and two on Cikovsky Jr., curator of American pro­ Corinth's and was able to choose The Marcy family, who came to cession in Rome in 1716. The exhibi­ finest works including an early docu­ December 18 at 12:30, parts three and British painting, features works prints of the highest quality. America in 1941, the year the tion of approximately 120 objects is Lovis Corinth. Self-Portrait, 1904. mentary about his native city and four on December 19 at 6:00. by Copley, Stuart, Cole, Homer, Corinth experimented with a National Gallery was founded, made organized by the National Gallery The Marcy Family Collection Oporto, Douro, Faina Fluvial (Hard Eakins, Whistler, Bellows, and other range of styles over the course of his their gift in memory of Sigbert H. The Flowering of the Pacific: The and the Portuguese Secretary of Labor on the River Douro) , and his masters from the Gallery's collection career. While committed to the real­ Marcy and in honor of the Gallery's Banks ' Florilegium (Brian Adams, State for Culture, through the recent depiction of the last years of of American painting. Portuguese. Anonymous, Corsage Brooch, first quarter 18th century. Palacio Nacional da ist tradition, he continually sought to 50th anniversary. 1984, video, 58 minutes); December Instituto Portugues de Museus. the nineteenth-century writer Castelo Ajuda, Lisbon 22 through 24 at 12:30, December Early in the eighteenth century, Branco, 0 Dia do Desespero (The Tapes of the permanent collection 26 at 1:00. discoveries of large deposits of gold, Day of Despair). The films are in may be rented in the Rotunda on diamonds, and other precious stones furniture, faience, porcelain, and Portuguese with English subtitles. 0 Dia do Desespero (The Day of the main floor of the West Building. Foundation, Investimento e Despair), (Manoel de Oliveira, 1992, in Brazil, then under Portuguese magnificent jewelry. Participates Empresariais, S.A., Giambologna's Cesarini Venus The Spirit in Architecture: John 77 minutes); December 26 at 4:00. Special Exhibitions rule, ushered in a period of great The fully illustrated exhibition and the International Corporate through January 17, 1994 Lautner (Bette Cohen, 1991, 60 The Age of the Baroque in Portugal, prosperity in Portugal. These catalogue is the first major work in Circle of the National Gallery of Art. O Meu Caso (My Case), (Manoel de minutes); December 1 through 3 at narrated by Earl A. Powell III, resources enabled the Portuguese English devoted to eighteenth-cent­ Additional support for the catalogue West Building, Main Floor Galleries 11, 12, and 17 Oliveira, 1986, 90 minutes); 12:30, December 5 at 1:00. director, National Gallery of Art, is crown and nobility to offer major ury art and culture in Portugal. The and musical program for the open­ December 26 at 6:00. commissions to the finest masters in exhibition is made possible by gener­ Douro, Faina Fluvial (Manoel de available at the entrance to the exhi­ ing event has been provided by The Focusing on the development of the diplomatic presents to European Europe, as well as to support ous grants from Pacific Telesis Calouste Oliveira, 1931, 21 minutes) and Robert Bate man: Artist and bition in the East Building. Gulbenkian Foundation. female nude in the oeuvre of the rulers. Among his most famous Portuguese artistic production at the Foundation, Espirito Santo Financial The Aniki-Bobo (Manoel de Oliveira, Naturalist, (CBC, 1984, 57 min­ transportation of the coach has great European sculptor sculptures are Flying Mercury, Rape highest level of quality. Other objects Holding S.A., Banco Comercial 1942, 102 minutes); December 4 at utes); December 29 and 30 at 12:30. been made possible by the Giambologna (1529-1608), this of a Sabine, and Samson Slaying a in the exhibition range from rarely Portugues, Banco Totta 12:30. & Acores, Portuguese Secretary of State for exhibition features one of his master­ Philistine. seen silk vestments to unusual and The Calouste Gulbenkian Culture and the Euso-American pieces in marble, known after its first In addition to the U.S. Embassy beautiful scientific instruments from Foundation, and the Euso-American Development Foundation. An owner as the Cesarini Venus. in Rome, lenders to the show include the University of Coimbra, as well as Development Foundation. Additional indemnity for this exhibition has ^ Cleaned and restored in preparation the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, History of Western Portuguese and French table silver, support has been provided by the been granted by the Federal Council for the exhibition, the sculpture is Florence; the Kunsthistorisches Holiday Caroling elaborately carved and decorated Instituto Camoes, the Orient on the Arts and the Humanities. joined by seven related works in Museum, Vienna; the Museum of Art: Part I bronze by Giambologna. Since the Fine Arts, Boston; and The National The National Gallery of Art invites the public for holiday caroling in beginning of the century, the life-size Trust, Anglesey Abbey, England. Continuing from November, the edu­ the Rotunda of the West Building, December 11,12, 18, and 19 at Cesarini Venus has occupied a niche Available at the exhibition entrance cation division is offering a survey 1:30 and 2:30. On these days and throughout the month of high above a staircase in the Palazzo is a booklet written by Anthony F. course on the history of European December, the Terrace and Garden Cafes and the Cascade Espresso John James Audubon: The Watercolors for "The Birds of America" Margherita, now the United States Radcliffe, keeper emeritus of sculp­ art and its background. This series bar will offer special holiday beverages, cookies, and other refresh­ through January 2, 1994, East Building, Upper Level Embassy in Rome. This is the first ture, Victoria and Albert Museum, of lectures, which focuses on the ments. time that the Cesarini Venus has left London, and currently Samuel H. Gallery's collections, examines the Families may also take a self-guided tour of paintings with holiday Italy. Kress Professor at the Center for development of painting, sculpture, themes. An activity booklet with a walking map is available in the The work of John James Audubon manent collection, it is the first trav­ The Birds of America, Audubon's Giambologna, born Jean Boulogne Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and architecture from the ancient Art Information Room on the Main Floor of the West Building. (1785-1851) has achieved eling exhibition of these landmark mammoth set of 435 images, was in Douai, France, was one of the National Gallery of Art. The exhibi­ world to the seventeenth century. widespread popularity and frequent works of art since they were acquired begun in 1820 and completed in most influential mannerist sculptors. tion is made possible by Republic The lectures for part one, given by reproduction, yet the paintings that from the artist's widow in 1863. The 1838. By illustrating birds engaged Giainbologria, Venus Drying Herself after tht Bath (Cesarini Venus), 1583. Embassy of He spent most of his working life in National Bank of New York. An J. Russell Sale of the education staff, served as models for his celebrated extraordinary freshness and vitality in typical activities in their native the United States of America, Rome, U.S. Florence in the indemnity for this exhibition has are being held in the East Building Department Family Guides to the Adult Guides to the prints are rarely seen. This exhibi­ of the life-size images have been fur­ habitats, the artist expanded on the of State service of the Medici. His prized been granted by the Federal Council Auditorium at 10:15 on Thursdays. tion presents eighty-four of the origi­ ther revealed through recent conser­ scientific tradition of depicting plants bronze statuettes were given as on the Arts and the Humanities. This free program is open to the Collection Collection nal watercolors for Audubon's vation. A group of ten early drawings and animals in stiff, single profile public but seating is limited. famous survey, The Birds of in the collection of the Houghton views, begun in medieval pattern West Building Highlights, a new Landscape Paintings at the National America. Organized by The New- Eibrary at Harvard University are books, herbals, and bestiaries, and DECEMBER 2 walking tour, includes ten great Gallery of Art focuses on interpreta­ York Historical Society from its per­ also on view. continued during the Renaissance in NEW ACQUISITION Fifteenth-Century Italian Art works in the collection from the tions of nature in nineteen works by printed botanical and zoological Renaissance through the nineteenth European and American painters tracts. Unlike his predecessors, DECEMBER 16 century, with emphasis on styles, produced over the last five centuries. Audubon gained direct, intimate Bernardo Bellotto's The Fortress ofKonigstein Exhibition Catalogues Sixteenth-Century Italian Art subjects, and symbols in Western art. The brochure is made possible in knowledge of his subjects during his West Building, Main Floor Gallery 37 The Age of the Baroque in Portugal Available in the West Building Art part by a gift from Eee and Juliet extensive travels across America. $25.00 (softbound) Information Room. Folger/The Folger Fund. Available Following its opening at the The National Gallery of Art has the artist and for eighteenth-century $60.00 (hardbound) Portraits & Personalities explores in the West Building Art Information National Gallery, the exhibition will acquired a spectacular view painting European art and will heighten Family Programs seven famous works including Room and at the East Building Art travel to Boston, Chicago, Detroit, by the Italian master Bernardo viewers' understanding of this John James Audubon: The David's Napoleon in His Study and Information Desk. Houston, Memphis, New York, Bellotto (1721-1780), one of the artist's unique contribution to this Watercolors for "The Birds of Observing Nature with John James two marble busts of Voltaire by '7 am Still Learning": Late Works Seattle, and San Francisco. A fully most original landscape and view genre. The new painting is installed America " Audubon is a two-hour program that Houdon. Available at the West by Masters examines works by such illustrated exhibition catalogue is painters in eighteenth-century together with four of the Gallery's $39.95 (softbound) introduces the American artist Building Main Floor Art Information artists as Titian, Rembrandt, available as well as an expanded vol­ Europe. The Fortress ofKonigstein view paintings by Canaletto, recently $75.00 (hardbound) through his watercolors of birds. The Room. Winslow Homer, Paul Cezanne, and ume containing reproductions of The (52 1/2 x 92 3/4 inches), remark­ cleaned for the occasion. The program includes a gallery tour fol­ Shapes & Patterns focuses on the Henri Matisse, who pursued their art New-York Historical Society's com­ able for its quality, size, arid state of Fortress ofKonigstein was acquired Lovis Corinth: Master Prints and lowed by an activity related to the East Building's art and architecture in their last years with continuing plete collection of 470 Audubon preservation, is one of five large by the Gallery with income from its Drawings from the Marcy Family artist. Observing Nature with John of particular interest to younger visi­ creativity and inspiration. Available watercolors. The exhibition at the views of an ancient fortress in the Patrons Permanent Fund. and the National Gallery of Art James Audubon is at 2:00 on tors. Available at the East Building in the West Building Main Floor Art John James Audubon, Belted Kingfisher, 1808. Houghton Library, Harvard University National Gallery is made possible by neighborhood of Dresden, commis­ Accompanying this special installa­ $25.00 Sunday, December 5 and repeats on Art Information Desk. Information Room. NationsBank. sioned from Bellotto by Augustus III, tion is a booklet by Edgar Peters Sunday, December 12. Family Guides are made possible King of Poland and Elector of Bowron, senior curator of paintings, Available from the National Gallery's These programs are offered for by a grant from the Vira I. Heinz Saxony. It is a landscape painting of made possible by The Circle of the publications service families with children ages seven to Endowment. unrivalled scale and majesty both for National Gallery of Art. Sales Information (202) 842-6466 ten. Space is limited; register by call­ Mailorder (301)322-5900 ing (202) 789-3030. 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Cover: Portuguese, Anonymous, View of Lisbon Before the Earthquake, 1693. Mr. Jorge de Brito