Portrait de Madame Manet sur un canapé bleu (1874)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Manet sur un canapé bleu (Portrait of Madame Manet on a blue sofa) 1874 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 49 x 60 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Collection Madame Manet Collection Ambroise Vollard Collection Edgar…

La Charité (1842)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Charité (Charity) 1842 Oil on canvas, 109.5 x 110.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: Seated woman breastfeeding a baby, another on her left arm, child clinging to her right shoulder, another standing behind…

Blonde à la rose (1915-1917)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Blonde à la rose (Blonde Girl with a Rose) c.1915–1917 Oil on canvas, 64 x 54 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris See also: • Hessling, Catherine (1900-1979)

La Baigneuse de Valpinçon (1808)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La baigneuse, dite Baigneuse de Valpinçon (The Bather, known as The Valpinçon Bather) 1808 Oil on canvas, 146 x 97.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Body of a woman naked from behind seated on the edge of…

Paysage avec un burg en ruine (1842)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Paysage avec un burg en ruine au bord d’un étang dont on distingue l’autre rive (Landscape with a ruined burg at the edge of a pond, the other side of which can be seen) 1842 Pen and…

Le vieux pont (1866)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Le vieux pont (The Old Bridge) 1866 Pen, ink, wash and watercolor, 31.5 x 49.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris From 1834, when he went to the north of France and Belgium – where he returned every year…

Conversation in a Park (1746-1748)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park (Gainsborough and his wife?) c.1746–1748 Oil on canvas, 73 × 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An early example of a conversation piece by Gainsborough. Often compared with Gainsborough‘s drawn portrait, from the same…