Bramante (1444-1514) Cristo alla colonna (Christ Tied to the Column) 1487–1490 Oil on panel, 93.7 x 62.5 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Bramante was trained in Urbino, a center of mathematical studies where the use of perspective had been developed as a form…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Bacio di Giuda (Kiss of Judas) c.1303–1306 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation of Christ) 1305 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova Compare: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón 1931 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bon Bock (The Good Bock) 1873 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 83.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel c.1630s Oil on panel, 38.7 x 47.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Repas dans un jardin (Repast in a Garden) 1898 Oil on cardboard, 54.3 x 53.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-portrait with palette 1889 Oil on canvas 57.79 × 44.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington F 626, JH 1770 Vincent van Gogh painted 36 self-portraits. This was one of his last. Made at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Autoportrait dédié à Carrière (Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière) 1888 or 1889 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 38.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes modeled c.1890, cast c.1910 Bronze, 53.3 × 50.8 × 31.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cast by Alexis Rudier (French) Rodin neither selected his male and female sitters in the same way, nor…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à Bougival (Dance at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 181.9 x 98.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, a town on the river Seine west of Paris, were popular recreation spots for…