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…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1478 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 171 x 85.5 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Antonello da Messina set the martyrdom of St. Sebastian in Venice, as can be seen from the waterways…
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 When Manet painted this piece, scenes of bourgeois life were in vogue. Yet The Balcony went against the conventions of the day. All…
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 A balcony at 31 Bd Haussmann, home of the painter. See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) L’homme au balcon, boulevard Haussmann (Man on a Balcony) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Private collection See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)