Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Soirée à la fenêtre (Evening at the Window) 1884 Etching and drypoint Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alphonse Legros taught for nearly two decades as a professor of fine arts at the Slade School in London and was…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) 1750s Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Ambrosio (Saint Ambrose) c.1796–1799 Oil on canvas, 190 x 113 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This work belongs to a series depicting Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory, key figures of early Catholicism. Saint Ambrose (about…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) c.1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 193 x 116 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland El Greco (Spanish for “the Greek”) was trained on his native island, Crete, as a painter of…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Puvis de Chavannes 1876 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paul Cézanne 1874 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Portrait de Cézanne 1874 National Gallery, London See also: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paul Cézanne 1902 Lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Blake, William (1757-1827) St. Matthew 1799 Tempera on canvas, 38.5 x 26.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Like St. Matthew, William Blake reported having visions of angels throughout his life. The energy and awe with which the evangelist Saint Matthew…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Holy Family (also known as Christ in the Lap of Truth) c.1805 Pen, ink and brush, 37.9 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although he rejected institutionalized religion, Blake was intensely spiritual, and much of…