Tag: 1847

Les étoiles filantes (1847-1849)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les étoiles filantes (The shooting stars) 1847–1849 Oil on board, 18.7 x 34.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This purely imaginary subject is unusual among Millet’s works. It refers to Dante‘s ‘Inferno‘ which in one section describes the…

François Zola

(1796–1847) Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla Works: • Barrage Zola (Le Tholonet) Émile Zola and his parents (c.1845) Émile Zola and his father François Zola. Émile Zola in Art: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le Barrage de François Zola c.1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…

Femme et enfant dans un paysage (1846-1847)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme et enfant dans un paysage (Woman and Child in a Landscape) 1846–1847 Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 38.1 cm National Gallery, London A woman sits on a rocky ledge, her head gracefully turned toward a young naked…

Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines (1847)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines (Landscape with Two Ruined Castles) 1847 Brush with brown ink and brown wash, over black crayon and graphite, with shellac, on paper, 26.8 x 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In…

Self-Portrait (1847)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Self-Portrait 1847 Pencil and white chalk on paper, 20.7 × 16.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, London