In the hush of early morning, a dutiful mother butters bread for her young son, who patiently stands at her side. This splendid painting captures a trivial mome

* After Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch is widely considered to be the most celebrated Delft master of the 17th century. This book accompanies the first retrospective

An alphabet book illustrated with details taken from paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Heda's Banquet Piece, Frans Hals' Willem Coymans, and Rembrandt's Lucretia. Paintings by these and other masters attracted the American collectors P. A. B. Wide