Month: May 2024

Latino offre in matrimonio Lavinia a Enea (1753-1754)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Latino offre in matrimonio Lavinia a Enea (Latinus gives Aeneas his daughter Lavinia in marriage) 1753–1754 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 109.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Decorative pictorial sequences came to play a major role in Giambattista…

Portrait of Martin Luther (1532)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Martin Luther 1532 Oil on wood, 37 x 23.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin Luther 1525 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol     Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin…

Poissy (France)

Poissy in Art: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pêcheurs sur la Seine près de Poissy 1882 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna     See also: • Cities | France

La Manucure (1897)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Manucure (The Manicure) 1897 Oil on board, 33.5 x 30 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Like his friend Bonnard, Vuillard was a founder member of Les Nabis. Les Nabis were influenced by Gauguin‘s ideas on Synthetism –…

Ragazzo che monda un frutto (c.1592-1593)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy Peeling Fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 65 × 52 cm Private collection This painting has being owned by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the late 18th century. Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto…

Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (c.1884)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (Bouquet of Chrysanthemums) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 65.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The date of this superb work has been determined at around 1884, about the same time as the famous Dance at…

Rue Saint-Denis, Fête du 30 juin 1878 (c.1878)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue Saint-Denis, Fête du 30 juin 1878 (Rue Saint-Denis, Celebration of 30th June 1878) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 76 x 52 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The subject of this painting is the first official national celebration to take…

La morte di Cleopatra (1648)

Guercino (1591-1666) La morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) 1648 Oil on canvas, 173 x 237 cm Palazzo Rosso, Genova This painting, in which Cleopatra is depicted in the act of taking her life, in order not to suffer the shame…