Le Berger (1887)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le Berger (The Shepherd) 1887 Pastel on paper, 60 x 41 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue 1879 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue…

Le fils prodigue (1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Puvis de Chavannes,…

San Bartolomeo (c.1497)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) San Bartolomeo (Saint Bartholomew) c.1497 Tempera on wood panel, 59.6 x 51 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Flayed and crucified for spreading Christ’s word through Armenia and India, the apostle Bartholomew was represented horrifically, holding his own skin,…

Tête d’homme et nu assis (1964)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête d’homme et nu assis (Head of a Man and Seated Nude) 1964 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Produced late in Picasso’s career, many years after the Cubist period that defined…

Due studi per la figura della Vittoria (1531-1535)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Due studi per la figura della Vittoria (Two Studies for Figure of Victory) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 6.8 × 10.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton These three fragments represent Parmigianino’s…

Studio per la figura della Vittoria (1531-1535)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Studio per la figura della Vittoria (Study for Figure of Victory on Pectoral Brooch of Pallas Athena) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 6.2 × 11 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton…

Figura seduta di Pallade Atena (1531-1535)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Figura seduta di Pallade Atena (Seated Figure of Pallas Athena) 1531–1535 Pen and brown ink on light tan laid paper prepared with salmon wash, 5.8 × 5.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton These three fragments represent Parmigianino’s preliminary ideas…

Narcissa’s Last Orchid (1940)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Narcissa’s Last Orchid 1940 Pastel, 54.5 x 69.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Here, O’Keeffe exploits the directness and tactility of drawing in pastel, using her finger to massage the color into the paper to create painterly…

Charles Baudelaire (c.1854)

Nadar (1820-1910) Charles Baudelaire c.1854 Gelatin silver print, 19.6 x 14.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)