Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Oil on canvas, 78.4 x 117.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Place de la Concorde (Paris)
Place de la Concorde (1875)
The Union of England and Scotland (1633-1634)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Union of England and Scotland (Charles I as the Prince of Wales) 1633–1634 Oil on gessoed oak panel, 84.46 x 65.72 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis King Charles I of England (reigned 1625–49) commissioned…
Charles I (England)
(1600–1649) King of England (1625–1649) King of Ireland (1625–1649) King of Scotland (1625–1649) Charles I in Art: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Charles I and his Son in the Studio of Van Dyck 1849 Tate Britain, London Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The…
Betrayal of Christ (c.1618-1620)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Oil on canvas, 141.92 x 113.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Looser and less formal than the portraits that made him famous, this work was completed shortly before Van Dyck began…
Thomery (France)
The Château de By, Musée de l’atelier of Rosa Bonheur. Deaths: • Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) See also: • Cities | France
La mort de Germanicus (1627)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La mort de Germanicus (The Death of Germanicus) 1627 Oil on canvas, 148 x 198.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The young Roman general Germanicus has just been poisoned by his jealous adoptive father, the emperor…
Magdalena penitente (c.1650-1665)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1650–1665 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 108 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Tradition holds that Saint Mary Magdalene, a close follower of Jesus Christ, retreated to a cave in penitence during…
The Kiss IV (1902)
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Kiss IV 1902 (printed c.1913) Woodcut in gray and black ink, 46.67 x 46.36 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The Kiss is a subject that Munch returned to several times from 1895 to 1902. He…
The Seashore (1883-1885)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Seashore 1883–1885 Oil on thin board, 8.26 x 15.24 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Pigments almost the sheerness of a glaze stroked subtly onto the surface of a panel is a hallmark of…
Male Figure with Outstretched Arms (c.1902)
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Male Figure with Outstretched Arms, Study for the Beethoven Frieze c.1902 Black chalk with yellow and red pastel on tracing paper, 35.56 x 35.56 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis From sketches such as this come major…