Category: Works

The Temptation of the Magdalene (c.1616)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616 Oil on panel, 126.2 × 96.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this half-length biblical painting, an aged woman offering tempting jewels—possibly the proprietor of a brothel—and an angel bestowing spiritual…

The Holy Family with Shepherds (1616)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Holy Family with Shepherds 1616 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 106.7 x 76.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Working in Antwerp, the commercial center of the Spanish Netherlands, Jordaens catered to an international audience…

Red Hills with the Pedernal (1936)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Red Hills with the Pedernal 1936 Pastel on paper mounted to wood-pulp board, 54.6 x 69.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York The Pedernal is a flat-topped mountain that commands the Ghost Ranch landscape and is visible for miles…

Port-en-Bessin, avant-port, marée basse (1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, avant-port, marée basse (Port-en-Bessin: The Outer Harbor, Low Tide) 1888 Oil on canvas, 66 x 82 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse 1888 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     See also: • Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (France)

Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse (1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse (Port-en-Bessin: The Outer Harbor, Low Tide) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Georges Seurat produced this painting while spending the summer at the Normandy resort of Port-en-Bessin.…

Charing Cross Bridge (1903)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge 1903 Oil on canvas, 73 x 104.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this scene, a train puffs across the bridge as sunlight falls through the mist and creates shimmering patterns on the river…

Le Lecteur (1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Lecteur (The Reader) 1861 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 81.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Edouard Manet represented his elderly friend, the painter Joseph Gall, absorbed in reading a large book. The ledge in the…