Tag: Art

La promenade (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade (The Walk) 1870 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles What Pierre-Auguste Renoir himself titled this painting is unknown, but La Promenade is in part an homage to earlier artists whom he greatly…

Getty Villa (Malibu)

Opened: 2006 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California 90272 Website: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/ See also: • Getty Center | Los Angeles, CA (USA) | Museums

Getty Center (Los Angeles)

Opened: 1997 Address: 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States Website: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Le Garçon au chat (1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Garçon au chat (Young Boy with a Cat) 1868 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 66 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The Boy with the Cat has not given up all its secrets. This male nude has no equivalent in…

Presentazione al Tempio (c.1454)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Presentazione al Tempio (Presentation in the Temple) c.1454 Tempera on wood, 77.1 x 94.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Presentation of Christ in the Temple is narrated in the Gospel of Saint Luke (2:21–39). Soon after his birth, Jesus was…

Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…

Morte della Vergine (c.1462)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…

Staatliche Kunsthalle (Karlsruhe)

Opened: 1846 Address: Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany Website: https://www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de/en/ Collection: • Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528): Christ as the Man of Sorrows (c.1492-93) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Le Petit Lange (1862) See also: • Karlsruhe (Germany) | Museums

Allegoria sacra (c.1490-1500)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Allegoria sacra (Sacred Allegory) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood panel, 73 x 119 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze One of the most enigmatic and fascinating works of the Italian Renaissance, this painting by Bellini shows the Madonna seated on…

San Giovanni Crisostomo (Venezia)

Founded: 1080 Destroyed by fire: 1475 Rebuilt: 1497 Completed: 1525 Location: Salizada San Giovanni Crisostomo 5889, 30131 Venezia, Italia Works of Art: • Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516): Santi Cristoforo, Girolamo e Ludovico di Tolosa (1513) See also: • Churches | Venezia (Italia)