Category: Art

Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough

(1728–1798) Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr Margaret in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London     Gainsborough, Thomas…

Gian Paolo Zappi

Gian Paolo in Art: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza   Wife (m.1577) Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Occupation Painter

L’Espérance (1842)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’Espérance (Hope) 1842 Oil on canvas, 116.5 × 117 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: half-length woman, arms and hands open, white sleeveless tunic under a green drape, face in profile turned to the right. (Louvre)…

Autoritratto (c.1577)

Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) c.1577 Oil on copper, 17 x 14 cm Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Verso: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza   Double portrait of a married couple. See also:…

Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi (c.1577)

Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi (Portrait of Gian Paolo Zappi) c.1577 Oil on copper, 17 x 14 cm Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Recto: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza   Double portrait of a married couple. See also:…

Museo de Zaragoza

Founded: 1908 Address: Plaza los Sitios, 6, 50001 Zaragoza, España Website: http://www.museodezaragoza.es/ Collection: • Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614): Autoritratto (c.1577) • Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614): Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi (c.1577) See also: • Museums | Zaragoza (España)

La Foi (1842)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Foi (Faith) 1842 Oil on canvas, 120 × 110 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition. Woman with a 3/4 length, dressed in Greek style, diadem on her head, looking at the chalice, ostia, on her…

Landscape with bridge and ruins (1637)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Landscape with bridge and ruins 1637 Oil on wood, 49.5 × 75 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris One of the rare landscapes signed by Flinck, and of completely Rembranesque inspiration, undoubtedly through the master’s drawings, but of fundamental…

Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (1834)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (Women of Algiers in their Apartment) 1834 Oil on canvas, 180 × 229 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur 1849 Musée Fabre, Montpellier     Copies: Fantin-Latour,…