Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Man c.1630 Oil on canvas, 105.4 × 83.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The man in this painting remains unidentified, but the painting was made during a period when Anthony van Dyck painted portraits…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) London Visitors 1874 Oil on canvas, 87 x 62.87 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Standing underneath the portico of the newly constructed National Gallery in London, with the church of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields framed behind them, a fashionably dressed couple…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (after Raphael) 1630 Oil on panel, 90.2 x 67.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is a copy by Peter Paul Rubens of a renowned portrait of the Italian author and diplomat Baldassare…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a Cat) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 111 cm Petit Palais, Paris In the center of a room cluttered with paintings, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) sits on a chair…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait du marchand Léopold Zborowski (Portrait of the merchant Leopold Zborowski) c.1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 37.1 cm Private collection See also: • Léopold Zborowski (1889-1932)
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…