David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Napoléon au Grand Saint-Bernard (Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard) 1801 Oil on canvas, 275 × 232 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna With the wind at his back – his red cape practically flying ahead of him – Napoleon…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Mountain Scene 1908 Watercolor and gouache over graphite, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Sargent mastered the medium of watercolor as an adolescent, rapidly perfecting and gradually simplifying his virtuoso technique. He produced watercolors…
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) Snow Capped Alps c.1845–1849 Watercolor, 7 x 17.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
(1819–1900) The artist’s works: Snow Capped Alps c.1845–1849 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Budding Sycamore 1875 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Head of lake of Geneva s.d. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Sketches of a secretary vulture s.d. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton View of S. Anastasia…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Une scène alpine (An Alpine Scene) 1874 Oil on canvas, 60 × 73 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Bétail au repos sur une colline des Alpes (Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps) 1885 Oil on canvas, 54.9 × 66.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
(1822–1899) Marie-Rosalie Bonheur The artist’s works: Brebis tondue modeled c.1842, cast probably before 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bélier c.1845–1850 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Boeuf couché modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taureau qui marche modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Vue panoramique sur les Alpes, Les Dents du Midi (Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi) 1877 Oil on fabric, 151.2 x 210.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This late, unfinished painting reveals some of…
(1819–1877) Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet The artist’s works: Juliette Courbet à l’âge de dix ans c.1841 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Courbet au chien noir 1842–1844 Petit Palais, Paris Portrait de Juliette Courbet 1844 Petit Palais, Paris Portrait d’une jeune femme…
