Nantes (France)

Museums: • Musée d’Arts de Nantes: 10 Rue Georges Clemenceau, 44000 Nantes, France Births: • Laroche, Jean (1921-2010) • Tissot, James (1836-1902) • Verne, Jules (1828-1905) Deaths: • Laroche, Jean (1921-2010) See also: • Cities | France

Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663-1665)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vrouw met parelsnoer) 1663–1665 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 47.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Inscription on the table top: IVMeer (IVM in ligature) A young woman stands at a table and…

Young Woman seated at a Virginal (c.1672-1675)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Young Woman seated at a Virginal (Zittende virginaalspeelster) c.1672–1675 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 20.1 cm Private collection, New York This entrancing picture, the only one of Vermeer’s mature works remaining in private hands, captures the quiet joy of…

Buckingham Palace (London)

Construction started: 1703 Completed: 1962 Address: London, SW1A 1AA, UK Website: https://www.rct.uk/visit/buckingham-palace Royal Collection Collection: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Venere e Marte (1815-19) • Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653): Autoritratto come allegoria della Pittura (1638-39) • Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640): Self-Portrait (1623) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576):…

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (c.1663)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (Brieflezende vrouw) c.1663 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 39 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Enjoying a quiet, private moment, this young woman is absorbed in reading a letter in the morning light. She is…

Ornans (France)

Ornans in Art: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Un enterrement à Ornans 1849–1850 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village 1851–1852 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vallée d’Ornans 1858 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis  …

The Milkmaid (c.1660)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Milkmaid (Het melkmeisje) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 41 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam A maidservant pours milk, entirely absorbed in her work. Except for the stream of milk, everything else is still. Vermeer took this simple everyday…

Zélie Courbet

(1828–1875) Jeanne-Zélie-Mélodie Courbet Zélie Courbet in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Les Demoiselles de Village 1866–1870 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie Courbet 1847 Museu de Arte, São Paulo     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du…