Tag: Art

Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Brussels)

Founded: 1803 Address: Rue de la Régence 3, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium Website: https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/fr Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c.1558) • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Adoration of the Kings (c.1556) • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Census…

Francisco de Zurbarán

(1598–1664) The artist’s works: Santa Lucía c.1625–1630 National Gallery of Art, Washington La crucifixión 1627 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Nacimiento de la Virgen c.1627 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena La Inmaculada Concepción 1628–1630 Museo del Prado, Madrid San Serapio 1628 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford…

Zacharie Astruc

(1833–1907) The artist’s works: Paysage avec chariot et meules de foin c.1869–1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Honoré de Balzac 1882 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Fleurs blanches dans un vase c.1884–1904 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Roses négligemment jetées sur un vase…

Isabella d’Este (1499-1500)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Isabella d’Este 1499–1500 Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper, 63 x 46.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Portrait of Isabella d’Este executed by Leonardo da Vinci during his visit to Mantua, after leaving…

La Gioconda (Monna Lisa)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La Gioconda (Monna Lisa) c.1503–1506 Oil on poplar, 79.4 x 53.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A false identity problem It is only since the 20th century that certain historians, but more often amateurs in search of recognition,…

El Greco

(1541–1614) Doménikos Theotokópoulos Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος The artist’s works: Adoración del Nombre de Jesús late 1570s National Gallery, London Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo c.1570–1575 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Pietà Early 1570s Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Retrato de un hombre 1570–1575…

San Giovanni Battista (1508-1519)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) c.1508–1519 Oil on walnut panel, 72.9 x 56.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting was probably designed around 1508 and kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, to slowly…

San Giovanni nel deserto (1517-1520)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) & Workshop San Giovanni nel deserto, Bacco (St John in the Wilderness, Bacchus) c.1517–1520 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 177 x 115 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris We do not know the circumstances of the creation of…

Musée des Beaux-Arts (Tournai)

Opened: 1928 Address: Rue de l’Enclos Saint-Martin 3, 7500 Tournai, Belgium Website: https://mba.tournai.be/ Collection: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Chez le Père Lathuille (1879) See also: • Museums | Tournai (Belgium)