Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting Dante’s Portrait c.1859 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper, mounted to paper-backed canvas, 47.6 x 56.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1470 Oil on wood, 62 x 48 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris This work—belatedly attributed to Botticelli—is distinguished by the simplicity of the composition, the finesse of the execution, and the serene expressions on…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1510 Oil on canvas, 151 x 89 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Attributed to Botticelli, a painter in whom Nélie André was particularly interested, this painting represents a famous biblical episode—the flight…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Ecce Homo c.1500 Oil on canvas, 54 x 42 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Although many representations of a suffering Christ have been produced since the medieval period, this painting is an exceptional work in the history of painting, due…
Donatello (1386-1466) Il martirio di San Sebastiano (The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian) c.1460 Bronze, 26 x 24 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris This bronze plaquette was already famous when it entered the Edouard André Collection. A masterpiece by the sculptor Donatello, the perspective…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Judge c.1620 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris With its two influences—that of the Antwerp tradition complemented by the Venetian influence—this splendid portrait of a magistrate could only have been executed…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Portico veneziano (Venetian portico / Imaginary Portico) c.1760 Gouache on paper, 53 x 39 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The picture combines realism and fantasy, using a technique that was quite unusual for Guardi: gouache on paper, which gives the…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1738 Oil on canvas, 96 x 143 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Companion: Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Sommeil de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The Toilette of Venus and Sleeping Venus Initially…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Sommeil de Vénus (Sleeping Venus) 1738 Oil on canvas, 96 x 143 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Companion: Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The Toilette of Venus and Sleeping Venus Initially intended to…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les débuts du modèle (The New model) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 50 x 63 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Baron Portalis, one of the artist’s greatest connoisseurs, underlined the artist’s brilliant execution: ‘Imagine everything of the fairest, pinkest, and lightest…