Month: March 2021

Capriccio (c.1765)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio (Venetian Courtyard) c.1765 Oil on canvas, 66 x 48 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv See also: • Venezia (Italia)

Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (Allegory of Abundance) c.1480–1485 Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, 31.7 x 25.2 cm British Museum, London Abundance or Autumn; female figure wearing classical dress, holding the hand of a putto who holds…

Disegno architettonico (1518)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno architettonico (Architectural Drawing) 1518 Pen and brown ink on paper, 14.5 x 17.7 cm British Museum, London This drawing represents a semi-octagonal structure in plan and elevation, and is of problematic interpretation: it is clearly related to a…

Femme assise au Bois de Boulogne (1893-1894)

Manet, Julie (1878-1966) Femme assise au Bois de Boulogne (Seated woman in the Bois de Boulogne) 1893–1894 Watercolor on paper, 23 x 36 cm British Museum, London The watercolour was done by Julie Manet as a teenager at the same time…

La Madeleine au désert (1869)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Madeleine au désert, Méditation (Mary Magdalene in the Desert, Meditation) 1869 Oil on canvas, 52.5 x 36.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Atiti (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Atiti 1892 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 24.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Atiti on his deathbed In 1891 Paul Gauguin moves to Tahiti. There he becomes friends with his neighbours, the Suhas family. He feels particularly close to…

Ariane (s.d.)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Ariane (Ariadne) s.d. Oil on canvas, 44 x 29 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Tête de Don Quichotte (c.1870)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Tête de Don Quichotte (Head of Don Quixote) c.1870 Oil on panel, 32 x 24.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London     Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte lisant 1865–1867 National…