(1903–2000) Mäda Gertrude Primavesi Mäda Primavesi in Art: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Mäda Primavesi 1912–1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born December 22 1903 Died May 25 2000 Father Otto Primavesi (1868-1926) Mother Eugenia Primavesi (1874-1962)
Kisling, Moïse (1891-1953) Masque mortuaire de Modigliani (Death Mask of Modigliani) c.1920 Bronze, 21.6 × 14 × 12.1 cm, 1.8 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920)
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Piazza San Marco late 1760s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 85.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view can be compared to Canaletto’s of the same location painted forty years prior. Guardi’s technique is far looser…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers) 1787 Oil on canvas, 147.6 x 120.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Well-to-do art collectors of the eighteenth century enjoyed “fancy pictures” such as this, which provided an idealized and sentimental…
(1864–1943) Camille-Rosalie Claudel The artist’s works: Jeune Romain ou Mon Frère c.1882 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine Auguste Rodin 1884–1885 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine Femme accroupie c.1884–1885 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine L’Abandon c.1886 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine Portrait de Rodin 1888–1889 Musée Rodin, Paris Auguste Rodin…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Baiser dérobé (The Stolen Kiss) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 63.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterfully executed, incandescent glow highlights fitful hands and a kiss won in a card game. While Fragonard…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Dame au chien (A Woman with a Dog) c.1769 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting belongs to a celebrated group of Fragonards known as the fantasy figures. The canvas…
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di un prelato (Portrait of a Prelate) c.1580 Oil on copper, diameter 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The daughter of a leading painter in Bologna, Lavinia Fontana became the most famous woman artist of…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Bearded Man with a Velvet Cap 1645 Oil on wood, 60.3 x 52.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Flinck studied as a pupil in Rembrandt’s studio and, according to one early biographer, had so internalized his…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) A Young Woman as a Shepherdess s.d. Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 66.7 x 50.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Inscribed (lower right): Rembrandt f. / 1632. Like many of Rembrandt’s other pupils, Govert Flinck…