Tag: Art

Paysage près de Paris (c.1876)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Paysage près de Paris (Landscape near Paris) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 60 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Across a grassy field, a row of buildings and two trees line the horizon, which comes about halfway…

Joueurs de cartes (1890-1892)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Joueurs de cartes (The Card Players) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne was in his fifties when he undertook a painting campaign devoted to giving memorable form to a…

Portrait de Femme (1885)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1885 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A notebook kept by Fantin’s wife is said to record the circumstances surrounding this picture. The…

La Inmaculada Concepción (1628-1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception) 1628–1630 Oil on canvas, 128 x 89 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The worship of the Immaculate Virgin is one of seventeenth-century Spain‘s identity traits, especially following a considerable argument between…

Virgen Niña (1632-1633)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (The Young Virgin) c.1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where…

San Benito (1640-1645)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Benito (Saint Benedict) c.1640–1645 Oil on canvas, 188 x 103.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting formed part of a series by Zurbarán representing the thirteen founders of monastic orders, known today…

Nature morte aux fleurs et fruit (1866)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Nature morte aux fleurs et fruit (Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) 1866 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of four still lifes commissioned from the artist…

Coin de table (1872)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table (By the Table) 1872 Oil on canvas, 161 x 223.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Standing: 1. Pierre Elzéar (1849-1916) 2. Émile Blémont (1839-1927) 3. Jean Aicard (1848-1921) Seated: 4. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) 5. Arthur…

Un atelier aux Batignolles (1870)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Un atelier aux Batignolles (A Studio at Les Batignolles) 1870 Oil on canvas, 204 x 273.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Portraits: 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Otto Scholderer (1834-1902) 3. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) 4. Émile Zola (1840-1902) 5.…