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In the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, designed by John Russell Pope, most of the museum's world-class collections are beautifully displayed. The building has been quietly and expertly modernized over the past decade. All photographs by Jennifer Molay
Just above the Seventh Street entrance to the National Gallery of Art's West Building is one of the city's greatest rooms. It's a space that mixes beauty with power, history with the present.
Here are seven paintings by Titian, one of the foremost artists of the Italian Renaissance. A portrait of Vincenzo Cappello, a Venetian admiral, dominates the room. The painting exudes might: Cappello's armor is shiny, his rich red cloak soaks up light, his baton declares authority. A warrior's helmet is perched on a ledge behind him.
