Post, Frans (1612-1680) Brazilian Landscape 1656 Oil on panel, 41.6 x 55.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This imagined landscape depicts enslaved Africans resting and dancing amid baskets of fruit on a hill above a broad plain of coastal swamp, surrounded by…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Automne (Seasons: Autumn) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as a painter by…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Pommes d’Api (Lady Apples) 1877–1878 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 37.47 x 45.4 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La Matinée rose (The Pink Morning) 1874 Pastel on paper and canvas frame, 93.8 x 74.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Finding of Moses 1904 Oil on canvas, 136.7 × 213.4 cm Private collection
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Homère et son guide (Homer and His Guide) 1874 Oil on canvas, 208.92 x 142.88 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee See also: • Homer (fl. 9th or 8th century BC)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bergère (The Shepherdess) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 118.75 × 160.02 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Virgin and Child with Saints Zacharias, Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1620 Oil on canvas, 114 x 153 cm National Gallery, London We are watching an intimate family moment, apparently unnoticed. Two children are being introduced – they…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Nature morte, panier de pommes (Still Life, Basket of Apples) 1887 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 55.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The bounty of nature is suggested in this view of 10 apples in a…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…