Old Man (1651)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Old Man 1651 Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left: G. Flinck f. 1651

Madonna col Bambino (c.1445)

Donatello (1386-1466) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1445 Gilded bronze, marble, 87 x 51 x 12 cm; bronze tondo: 27 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The Madonna in Donatello’s bronze relief sits modestly on the ground, thus inviting the viewer to…

Child with Pinwheel and Toddler’s Chair (c.1500)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Child with Pinwheel and Toddler’s Chair c.1500 Oil on oak panel, 57.2 x 32 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This is the outer left wing of a tryptych. The double-sided painted panel originally formed the left wing of a small…

Christ Carrying the Cross (c.1500)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Christ Carrying the Cross c.1500 Oil on oak panel, 57.2 x 32 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This is the inner left wing of a tryptych. The double-sided painted panel originally formed the left wing of a small altar.…

El almuerzo (c.1617)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El almuerzo (Luncheon) c.1617 Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 102 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Entered the Hermitage between 1763 and 1796; the collection of Catherine the Great. Diego Velazquez, in whose work Spanish painting reached its zenith,…

Dans une salle (1899)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Dans une salle (In a Room) 1899 Oil on cardboard pasted on panel, 52 x 79 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This artist’s fondness for the depiction of domestic scenes was probably bound up with recollections of the…

Le matin (s.d.)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le matin (Morning) s.d. Wood engraving on chine collé, 15 x 22 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From the series, “Four Times of the Day” (1830–1875). Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Matin, d’après Millet 1890 Hermitage…