Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Faust et Méphistophélès (Faust and Mephistopheles) 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.7 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Los desposorios de la Virgen (The Marriage of the Virgin) c.1670 Oil on mahogany panel, 76.2 x 56.5 cm Wallace Collection, London
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) The Laughing Cavalier 1624 Oil on canvas, 83 x 67.3 cm Wallace Collection, London A highly gifted portraitist, Frans Hals had a supreme ability to characterise his sitters and make them appear lifelike. This exuberant portrait of a…