Tag: Art

Charles-François Daubigny

(1817–1878) The artist’s works: Paysage près de Crémieu c.1849 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Plage à marée basse c.1850 / c.1878 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Moisson 1851 Musée d’Orsay, Paris La ferme 1855 National Gallery of Art, Washington Matinée sur l’Oise, Auvers 1856 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…

Paul Gachet

(1828–1909) Paul Ferdinand Gachet The artist’s works: Moulin du Nord dans la vallée de la Creuse 1874 National Gallery of Art, Washington La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise 1881 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Vincent Van Gogh à son lit de mort 1890 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Vincent…

Banco de España (Madrid)

Established: 1856 Finished: 1891 Location: Calle de Alcalá, 48, 28014 Madrid Style: Eclectic Website: https://www.bde.es/bde/es/ Collection: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Francisco Cabarrús (1788) See also: • Madrid (España)

Virgen con el Niño (1670s)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Virgen con el Niño (Virgin and Child) 1670s Oil on canvas, 165.7 x 109.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. Often referred…

Crucifixión (c.1675)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Crucifixión (Crucifixion) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This oil sketch helped Murillo to prepare a large painting that is today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The artist’s…

La Anunciación (c.1650)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…

Sagrada Familia del pajarito (c.1650)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia del pajarito (Holy Family with a Bird) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 144 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene filled with tenderness showing the Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and…

George W. Vanderbilt (1897-1903)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) George W. Vanderbilt 1897–1903 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 91.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A close friend of Whistler, George Washington Vanderbilt II commissioned this full-length portrait in 1897 to hang in Biltmore House,…

Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait (1896-1898)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait c.1896–1898 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 46.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Known for his biting wit, extravagant style, and personal eccentricities, the publicity-conscious Whistler used self-portraiture as a means to…

Alice Butt (c.1895)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Alice Butt c.1895 Oil on canvas, 51.7 x 38.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Little is known about this painting’s subject, whom Whistler identified as “a little child called ‘Alice Butt‘—charming—quite Italian in type.” Set…