Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Los desposorios de la Virgen (The Marriage of the Virgin) c.1670 Oil on mahogany panel, 76.2 x 56.5 cm Wallace Collection, London
Los desposorios de la Virgen (c.1670)
Bacino di San Marco dal Canale della Giudecca (c.1735-1744)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco dal Canale della Giudecca (Bacino di San Marco from the Canale della Giudecca) c.1735–1744 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 190.8 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore (c.1735-1744)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore (Bacino di San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore) c.1735–1744 Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 188.9 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • San Giorgio Maggiore | Venezia (Italia)
La dama del abanico (c.1640)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La dama del abanico (The Lady with the Fan) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 95 x 70 cm Wallace Collection, London
Les Hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (c.1767-1768)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (The Happy Chances of the Swing) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard’s iconic painting is one of the most emblematic images of 18th-century French art. A young…
Portrait of a Man (early 1650s)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Man early 1650s Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 86.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this canvas of the early 1650s, the figure’s pose follows a pattern Hals employed twenty years earlier, but here…
Merrymakers at Shrovetide (c.1616-1617)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…
Young Man and Woman in an Inn (1623)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 79.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned from Flemish painting, this picture provides a…
The Laughing Cavalier (1624)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) The Laughing Cavalier 1624 Oil on canvas, 83 x 67.3 cm Wallace Collection, London A highly gifted portraitist, Frans Hals had a supreme ability to characterise his sitters and make them appear lifelike. This exuberant portrait of a…
Jester with a Lute (c.1623-1624)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Jester with a Lute c.1623–1624 Oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of Bouffon (it dates back at least to 1921) refers to the world of theater (stripes of costume) and the genre…