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Honoré Daumier (1856-1858)

Nadar (1820-1910) Honoré Daumier 1856–1858 Salted paper print, 24.4 x 17.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This portrait of the renowned caricaturist and painter Honoré Daumier was possibly not a commissioned work, but the result of a voluntary engagement with a…

Phryné devant l’aréopage (1861)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…

Diogène (1860)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène (Diogenes) 1860 Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 101 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Athens (Greece) | Diogenes (c.404 BC-c.323 BC)

Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (1878)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid) modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Bronze, 72.4 × 43.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale…

Portrait of a Man (s.d.)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man (Triumphal Arch in Venice) s.d. Oil on panel, 10 × 8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Venus Frigida (1614)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c.1640)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1640 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Christ’s dead body is laid out across the entrance to a cave, his head resting on Mary’s…