Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne dans la serre (Mme Cézanne in the Conservatory) 1891 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hortense Fiquet, a former artist’s model, met Cézanne about 1869; they had a son in…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La maison aux murs lézardés (House with Cracked Walls) 1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 80 x 64.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne often painted abandoned sites near his studio outside Aix, but he depicted this house,…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo 1543 Oil on canvas, 242 x 361 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Referenced bottom center of the note: TITIANVS EQVES CES F. 1543 The scene was rarely depicted in Italy, but is probably explained by the Flemish origin…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo 1547 Oil on slate, 69 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Although we do not know when Titian first treated this subject, it was probably in 1535, when he painted a Christ for Federico Gonzaga following a…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Births: • Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco rezando (Saint Francis in Prayer) c.1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena St. Francis of Assisi, a mystic and poet, was also the founder of the Franciscans, an important mendicant…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Limones, naranjas y rosa (Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose) 1633 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 109.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena This extraordinary painting by Zurbarán, the only signed and dated still life by…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Nacimiento de la Virgen (The Birth of the Virgin) c.1627 Oil on canvas, 141 x 108.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Just as striking as Zurbarán’s color scheme are his rich, descriptive treatment of the drapery, and…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Agnus Dei (The Lamb of God) 1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 37.3 x 62 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A dark background and a gray table are the setting for this painting’s only motive: a merino lamb between…