Tag: Art

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1490)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (Bildnis des Albrecht Dürer des Älteren) 1490 Oil on panel, 47.5 x 39.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Diptych of Dürer’s Parents. Companion: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

(1732–1806) Jean-Honoré Nicolas Fragonard The artist’s works: Le Concours musical c.1749–1752 Wallace Collection, London La Bascule c.1750–1752 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid La Bergère c.1750–1752 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Le Colin-Maillard c.1750–1752 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Les amants heureux c.1751–1755 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Psyché montrant…

Die Drahtziehmühle (c.1489)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Die Drahtziehmühle (The Wire-drawing Mill) c.1489 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 29 x 42.6 cm Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin The depiction of the landscape environment, which is self-evident and particularly interesting to us, was not common for centuries, from the…

Christ as the Man of Sorrows (c.1492-1493)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Christ as the Man of Sorrows c.1492–1493 Oil on panel, 19 x 30 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe Bearing the marks of martyrdom and holding the instruments used to scourge him in his hands, a pensive, exhausted man crouches…

Julie Manet

(1878–1966) Julie Manet Rouart The artist’s works: Femme assise au Bois de Boulogne 1893–1894 British Museum, London Julie Manet in Art: Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille à Bougival 1881 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris     Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895)…

François I (France)

(1494–1547) François d’Orléans François d’Angoulême Count of Angoulême Duke of Valois King of France (1515–1547) François I in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard 1818 Petit Palais, Paris     Works commissioned by him:…

Henri Fantin-Latour

(1836–1904) Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour The artist’s works: Portrait de l’artiste Alphonse Legros 1856 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Autoportrait 1858 National Gallery of Art, Washington Autoportrait c.1858 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Les deux soeurs 1859 Saint Louis Art…

Joseph Roulin

(1841–1903) Joseph Roulin in Art: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Joseph Roulin assis 1888 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Joseph Roulin in Film: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn   Wife Augustine Roulin (1851-1930)

Honoré Daumier

(1808–1879) Honoré-Victorin Daumier The artist’s works: Le Cauchemar published 1832 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Souvenirs 1840 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Pygmalion 1841–1843 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Nayades de la Seine 1847 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Saltimbanques errantes 1847–1850 National Gallery of Art, Washington…