Lady of the Emerald Hour
Sfumato and contemplation — a portrait where light arrives like a held breath.
School of Florence · c. 1487
Look closer. Much closer.
Drag your cursor across the canvas to lift a 4× conservator's lens — the kind used to inspect craquelure, impasto, and the painter's smallest decisions.
Vanitas with Peacock Feather
Jan Verbruggen (attrib.) · c. 1641
Eight centuries, one ribbon.
Each panel is sized to how long the movement reigned. Scroll sideways — or wheel vertically — to walk from gilded Gothic altarpieces to the contemporary wing.
Gothic
Devotion rendered in gold leaf — elongated saints, halos, and stained-glass color.
Step inside and look around.
Click and drag to turn your head through the galleries. Glowing beacons are doorways — release on one to teleport between wings.
Vaulted arches, marble underfoot, and the slow gold of Florentine portraits.
Listen as you walk.
Four short curatorial essays, each timed to a gallery. Tap a ring to begin; selecting another hands the narration over seamlessly.