Guérard-Gonzalès, Jeanne (1852-1924) Portrait de Eva Gonzalès à Dieppe (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès in Dieppe) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Private collection Born to an artistic and literary family, Jeanne Guérard-Gonzalès was the daughter of Emmanuel Gonzalès,…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Vieil homme au bâton (Old Man with a Stick) 1888 Oil on canvas, 70 x 45 cm Petit Palais, Paris This portrait of an old man sitting down was painted during Gauguin’s short stay in Arles. From 23 October…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard de Vinci (Francis I receives the last breaths of Leonardo da Vinci) 1818 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Francis I,…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Sei poeti toscani (Six Tuscan Poets) 1543–1544 Oil on panel, 132.1 x 131.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: This group portrait of six distinguished Tuscan poets and writers celebrates the golden age of Italian…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Barefooted Child c.1896–1897 Drypoint and aquatint, 24.13 x 31.59 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Mary Cassatt broke out of Philadelphia society, moving to Paris to pursue art in a more open environment. She had seen…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La Matinée rose (The Pink Morning) 1874 Pastel on paper and canvas frame, 93.8 x 74.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair c.1901 Pastel on gray paper, 64.1 x 80.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Lecteur (The Reader) 1861 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 81.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Edouard Manet represented his elderly friend, the painter Joseph Gall, absorbed in reading a large book. The ledge in the…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Berceuse (Lullaby or Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle) 1889 Oil on canvas, 111 x 91 x 9 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (F 507, JH 1669) Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Berceuse 1888–1889 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Van…