Tag: Amsterdam

Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques (1879-1880)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques (At the Louvre: Antiquities Museum) 1879–1880 Etching and drypoint on paper, 27 x 23.6 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Mary Cassatt is leaning elegantly on an umbrella looking at an Etruscan burial image in a…

Paysage d’hiver (c.1850)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage d’hiver (Winter Landscape) c.1850 Oil on canvas, 35 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Attributed to Gustave Courbet.

Nature morte aux pommes (1872)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Nature morte aux pommes (Still Life with Apples) 1872 Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Signature and date: ‘G. Courbet. 72.’ Inscription: ‘St. Pélagie’ Although the painting is dated 1872, it may have been made…

Portrait de Jean Cocteau (1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait de Jean Cocteau (Portrait of Jean Cocteau) 1916 Pencil on paper, 42.1 26.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The now highly admired Modigliani died at the age of 35 in Paris from a combination of tuberculosis, alcohol, narcotics and…

Le débuché (1863)

Balleroy, Albert de (1828-1872) Le débuché (The Debut / Wild boar hunting) 1863 Etching on paper, 24 x 32 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (1544)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee) 1544 Pen, ink, chalk and brush on paper, 55.6 x 41.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This detailed drawing on blue paper is a study…