Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil en été (Vétheuil in Summer) 1879 Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 90.5 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil 1879 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Vétheuil (France)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue de Volterra (View of Volterra) 1838 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 24.4 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In 1834, on his second trip to Italy, Corot spent a month in the 14th century hill town…
Volterra in Art: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Vue de Volterra 1838 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Births: • Persius (34 AD-62 AD) See also: • Cities | Italia
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le bluff de l’aveugle (Blind man’s Bluff) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 45.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Jean Honore Fragonard trained in the studio of François Boucher, who painted Lovers in the Park, hanging…
Guercino (1591-1666) Il ritorno del figliol prodigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1654–1655 Oil on canvas, 155.6 x 146.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego The parable depicted by Il Guercino (a nickname meaning “squint-eyed”) is the one most…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Bartholomew 1657 Oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest artists of all time and acclaimed for his compelling representations of the human condition. Known…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 208.9 x 113 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In this late painting by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, the luminous figure of Christ appears against…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu féminin assis (Seated Female Nude) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 59.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of a series of celebrated female nudes which Modigliani painted in 1916 and 1917. His unusual…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted Nevermore in February 1897, during his second and final stay in Tahiti, an island in the southern Pacific colonised by France. Intended…