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Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…

Estasi di San Francesco (c.1595-1596)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…

Manet et son chevalet (1868-1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Manet et son chevalet (Manet and his Easel) 1868–1870 Charcoal, blue and white chalk on blue laid paper faded to yellow-gray, 29.5 x 21.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive drawing testifies to the collaboration and…

Edmond Maître (1869)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Edmond Maître 1869 Oil on canvas 83.2 x 64 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Maître, Edmond (1840-1898)

Autoportrait (1865-1867)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait with Detachable Collar) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 53.98 x 46.04 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Réunion de famille (1867-1868)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Réunion de famille (Family Reunion) 1867–1868 Oil on canvas 152 x 230 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Before his early death in battle during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, Frédéric Bazille was close to Renoir and Monet, particularly admiring their…