Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Tulipes (Tulips) 1927 Oil on canvas, The color mixed with sand, 55 x 41 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Tulipes (1927)
Paul Klee
(1879–1940) The artist’s works: Night Feast 1921 Guggenheim Museum, New York Red Balloon 1922 Guggenheim Museum, New York Hat, Lady and Little Table 1932 Guggenheim Museum, New York Born December 18 1879 Münchenbuchsee (Switzerland) Died June 29 1940 Muralto (Switzerland) Occupation Painter Printmaker
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1596)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Oil on copper, 26.6 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jan Brueghel belonged to a dynasty of painters whose first outstanding member was Pieter Bruegel, Jan’s…
Madonna col Bambino (c.1540)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1540 Oil on panel, 37.5 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Prior to 1874 this Virgin and Child was in the Sciarra-Colonna…
La sfida delle Pieridi (c.1523-1527)
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) La sfida delle Pieridi (The Challenge of the Pierides) c.1523–1527 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 31 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A rare mythological subject This small painting represents an episode reported by Ovid in…
Mistley (England)
Madonna col Bambino (15th century)
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 15th century Relief, polychrome gesso, 64 x 55 x 19.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Le métronome (1909)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le métronome (Metronome) 1909 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
El Cid (1879)
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) El Cid 1879 Oil on canvas, 95 x 76 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid During the Franco-Prussian War, Rosa Bonheur developed a singular fondness for lions. According to Anna Klumpke, her partner in the final years of her…
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 (1835)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 1835 Oil on canvas, 92 x 123.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Fire consumed London’s famous Houses of Parliament on the night of…