Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (The Death of Sardanapalus, sketch) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale 1844 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Mort…
(1750–1826) Mary “Molly” Fischer, née Gainsborough Mary in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist’s Daughters c.1763–1764 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Tate Britain, London Father Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Mother Margaret Burr (1728-1798) Sister…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Cornfield 1826 Oil on canvas, 143 × 122 cm National Gallery, London A boy has paused from the thirsty work of herding sheep at noon to lie flat on the bank of a pool and drink its…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Le combat du Giaour et Hassan (The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan) 1826 Oil on canvas, 59.6 × 73.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This colorful scene was inspired by a poem from Lord Byron’s “Oriental tales,”…
Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds 1826 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 112.4 cm Frick Collection, New York Study: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds c.1825 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Compare: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) L’exécution du Doge Marino Faliero (The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero) 1825–1826 Oil on canvas, 145.6 x 113.8 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Faliero, Marino (1274-1355)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc (Aqueduct) c.1826–1828 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 43.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Compare: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine 1826 Private collection See also: • Roma (Italia)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine (A view of the Roman campagna and the Claudian aqueduct towards Monte Cavo) 1826 Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 51.4 cm Private collection Compare: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc c.1826–1828 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia…
Blake, William (1757-1827) Dante running from the Three Beasts 1824–1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, 37.3 × 52.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno I, 1-90) See also:…