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…
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
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le métronome (Metronome) 1909 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
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…
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…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Les Arbres (Trees) 1908 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen We can still recognize the shapes and colors of the trees, and we know that the artist painted in the area of the…
Alice in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’ombrelle 1872 Private collection Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet 1873 Städel Museum, Frankfurt Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) En bateau 1874 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1858 Oil on canvas, 40.7 x 32.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
