Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Roman potter c.1884 Oil on canvas, 152 x 80 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Fragment of the painting “Hadrian visiting a Roman-British pottery”, painted in 1884 and cut out by the artist in 1893. The other two fragments of…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le Pont de Sèvres (Sèvres Bridge) 1877 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia One of two paintings by the impressionist artist Alfred Sisley in the Barnes collection, this image depicts the bridge that spans…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Antibes 1918 Watercolor and charcoal on laid paper, 30.2 x 42.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Antibes (France)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) King David Playing the Harp c.1627–1628 Oil on panel, 44.8 x 66 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The biblical King David strums his harp, performing the music of heaven in concert with five angels. Ornate fictive architecture frames…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Jardin au grand soleil, Pontoise (Garden in Full Sunlight, Pontoise) 1876 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 54.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia With its picturesque vista and assemblage of light and textures, this composition demonstrates Pissarro‘s move toward…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Due Apostoli (Two Apostles) Late 16th century Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting is likely a fragment of (or perhaps a study for) a larger painting of the Last Supper. Although the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme faisant du crochet (Woman Crocheting) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 41 x 32.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia During the 1870s, alongside his ambitious modern life subjects such as Leaving the Conservatory (BF862), Renoir painted very many canvases of single…
El Greco (1541-1614) Aparición de la Virgen y el Niño a San Jacinto (Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth) c.1605–1610 Oil on canvas, 158.4 x 98.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Hyacinth, a Polish Dominican priest born in 1185,…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Saint Jerome and the Lion Probably 1st half of the 16th century Oil on panel, 37 x 27 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Frederick the Wise, Duke of Saxony c.1525 Oil on wood panel, 28.7 × 24.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The sitter is Frederick the Wise, Duke of Saxony, who is best known for having protected…