Canaletto (1697-1768) Veduta del Canal Grande verso la Punta della Dogana, da Campo San Ivo (View of the Grand Canal looking toward the Punta della Dogana from Campo Sant’Ivo) 1740–1745 Oil on canvas, 53 x 70 cm Pinacoteca di Brera,…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baie de Naples au matin (The Bay of Naples) 1881 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The corner of the balcony visible at lower left in this composition indicates Renoir’s…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus (Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus) 1868 Oil on canvas, 115.7 x 72.8 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford After twice failing the entrance exam to train as a naval officer, Édouard Manet (1832–83) went to Paris to pursue…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le balcon (The Balcony) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 170 x 125 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus 1868 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford See also: • Claus, Fanny | Guillemet, Antoine | Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon | Morisot, Berthe
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1810 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 125.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The theme of women on a balcony overseen by watchful, somewhat threatening male companions resulted in one…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 162 x 107 cm Private collection, Switzerland
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Intérieur (Interior) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Private collection
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Un Balcon, Boulevard Haussmann (A Balcony, Boulevard Haussmann) 1880 Oil on canvas, 69 x 62 cm Private collection See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)