Au poulailler (c.1878)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Au poulailler (In the Henhouse) c.1878 Oil on cardboard, 22 x 35.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Through Pissarro, Gauguin was invited to participate in the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition, exhibiting a marble bust, although this work…

Portrait of Sarah Buxton (c.1776-1777)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…

La Bascule (c.1750-1752)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bascule (The See-Saw) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in…

Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-1772)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’une jeune dame (Portrait of a Young Lady) c.1770–1772 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection It has always been felt that the age of Louis XV finds its most characteristic…

Portrait of a Man (1640)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Man 1640 Oil on panel, 67.1 x 55.1 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Son of a cloth merchant, Govert Flinck began his training in the studio of the painter and preacher Lambert Jacobsz. in Leeuwarden, where…

Chrysanthèmes dans un vase (s.d.)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Chrysanthèmes dans un vase (Vase with Chrysanthemums) s.d. Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 39.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Henri Fantin-Latour achieved fame through his portraits of fellow artists and intellectuals of the day, as well as family members…

The Annunciation Diptych (c.1433-1435)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation Diptych c.1433–1435 Oil on panel, left wing: 38.8 x 23.2 cm; right wing: 39 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This diptych is an outstanding example of grisaille painting. Here, van Eyck deliberately rejects the…