Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters 1864 Albumen print on paper, 18.5 x 12.5 x 25 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This work belongs to Thackeray the humourist and the man of letters the story of his…
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La Ferme à l’entrée du bois (The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood) 1860–1880 Oil on fabric, 28.4 x 40.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Bonheur‘s artistic work led her to pastures, fairs, and even slaughterhouses—unlikely…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage près d’Ornans (Landscape Near Ornans) 1864 Oil on canvas, 88.8 x 127.2 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo “To paint a land you have to know it. I know my land and I paint it. That undergrowth—it…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Beatrice Bouvet (born c.1861) 1864 Oil on canvas, 91.9 x 73.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The Salins industrialist Alfred Bouvet purchased two Courbet landscapes and commisioned this portrait of his daughter, then aged three. She is holding…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysans ramenant à la maison un veau né dans les champs (Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.1 × 100 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Ramenant à…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Grotte de la Loue (The Cave of the Loue) 1864 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La source de la Loue c.1864 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo