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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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