Roses (1884)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Roses 1884 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 32.9 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Portrait de l’artiste Alphonse Legros (1856)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Portrait de l’artiste Alphonse Legros (Portrait of the Artist Alphonse Legros) 1856 Oil on linen, 26.67 x 22.86 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Painted entirely en plein air during an outing in the French countryside, Fantin-Latour depicts…

Carità (c.1560)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Carità (Charity) c.1560 Oil on copper, 22.9 × 18.4 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

La petite servante (c.1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) La petite servante (Little Servant Girl) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 54 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The first painting by Modigliani to enter the Institute‘s collection, The Little Servant Girl is typical of the…

Tête (1911-1912)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Tête (Head) 1911–1912 Limestone, 65.4 x 17.1 x 21.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis A protaganist of the vibrant artistic community in Paris around 1910, the Italian Amedeo Modigliani sought to establish a new sculptural language, inspired…

Buste de femme en rouge (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Buste de femme en rouge (Female Bust in Red) 1915 Red gouache and black ink wash, 35.56 x 26.19 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In Paris, where he moved in 1906 from his native Italy, Amedeo…

Le Bœuf écorché (1926)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Bœuf écorché (The Flayed Ox) 1926 Oil on canvas, 116.21 x 80.65 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Chaim Soutine was born in a poor eastern European village and continued to struggle as a young starving…

Villa sul mare (1929)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Villa sul mare (Villa by the Sea) 1929 Color lithograph, 32.7 x 41.28 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Sei poeti toscani (1543-1544)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Sei poeti toscani (Six Tuscan Poets) 1543–1544 Oil on panel, 132.1 x 131.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: This group portrait of six distinguished Tuscan poets and writers celebrates the golden age of Italian…

La tentazione di Cristo (c.1516-1525)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La tentazione di Cristo (The Temptation of Christ) c.1516–1525 Oil on panel, 89.85 x 69.69 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This painting portrays one of three temptations that Christ faced during his forty days fast in the…