George Washington Crossing the Delaware No, it is actually the absence of motion that draws attention to this portrait of a child. The boy, his cats, and the bird all seem to be suspended in time in a unsettling way. Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuņiga, 1784-1792 Oil on canvas; 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.41) Choose the other painting! composition perspective |  light |  color |  form |  motion |  proportion

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