Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1508 Oil on wood, 45.7 x 55.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dating to about 1508, this devotional painting is one of Titian’s earliest and shows the artist experimenting with ways to…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara early 1480s Oil on wood, 68.3 x 73.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Memling adapted this composition from a large, celebrated altarpiece that he completed in 1479…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) early 1600s Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 95.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is the only private devotional painting of the Madonna…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother’s Kiss 1890–1891 Drypoint and aquatint on paper, 34.92 x 22.86 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington A prolific and innovative printmaker, Mary Cassatt created Mother’s Kiss as one of a series of 10 color prints…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Bath 1891 Soft-ground etching with aquatint and drypoint on paper, 31.43 x 24.44 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington In 1890, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris held a large-scale exhibition of Japanese prints that…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Maternal Caress 1890–1891 Drypoint, aquatint and softground etching on paper, 36.83 x 26.82 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Famille d’Arlequin (Harlequin Family) 1905 Gouache and ink on card laid down on cradled panel, 29.5 x 21.5 cm Private collection Famille d’arlequin is an exquisite example of Picasso’s celebrated Rose period, which was dominated by images of…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) A Goodnight Hug (Mère et Enfant) 1880 Pastel on brown paper laid down on board, 42 x 62.8 cm Private collection Executed in 1880, A Goodnight Hug was one of Cassatt’s eleven entries, four oils and seven pastels,…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité (Trinity Square) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62.7 cm Private collection Painted circa 1878, Place de la Trinité represents the height of Renoir’s engagement with Impressionism and emphasizes the importance of his unique…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child, Wittgenstein Madonna) 1480–1485 Oil on wood, 109 x 85 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Probably dating from the early 1480s, this work is very representative of the early Venetian Renaissance and the art of…