Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Shoes (F 255, JH 1124) 1886 Oil on canvas, 38.1 cm x 45.3 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Worn-out shoes were an unusual choice of subject for a painting. An acquaintance of Van Gogh‘s in Paris described how…
Shoes (1886)
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Le Déjeuner des canotiers (1880-1881)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, canvas 130.2 x 175.6 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington Detail of Aline Charigot. Detail of Gustave Caillebotte. Detail of Ellen Andrée drinking in the center. Detail…
Déjeuner au bord de la rivière (1875)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Déjeuner au bord de la rivière (Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise, The Rowers’ Lunch) 1875 Oil on canvas, canvas 55.1 x 65.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Chatou (France) | Restaurant Fournaise (Chatou)
San Francesco in meditazione (c.1606)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 90 cm cm Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona The subject represents a Saint Francis “in desperate meditation on the Crucifix” (Longhi 1943), the penitent saint is…
Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1607)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 116 x 140 cm Palacio Real, Madrid The painting is in good condition after being restored by Patrimonio Nacional in 2015. It…
Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (c.1602-1604)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (Calling of Saints Andrew and Peter) c.1602–1604 Oil on canvas, 140.1 x 176 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Christ gestures ahead while turning back to the brothers Simon (later Peter) and Andrew,…
Coronazione di spine (1602-1603)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Coronazione di spine (Crowning with Thorns) 1602–1603 Oil on canvas, 178 x 125 cm Galleria di Palazzo degli Alberti, Prato
San Matteo e l’angelo (1602)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (St Matthew and the Angel) 1602 destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 232 x 183 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum)
San Giovanni Battista (c.1604)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (John the Baptist) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 172.5 x 104.5 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Cattura di Cristo (c.1602)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (Taking of Christ) c.1602 Oil on canvas, 133 x 171 cm Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa Stolen in July 2008, it was recovered -badly damaged- in 2010 by German police in Berlin. The…