Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner (Luncheon) 1875 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The boater hat hanging on the chair tells us that this couple is probably taking a break from a canoe trip. By the late 19th…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Crucifixión (Crucifixion) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This oil sketch helped Murillo to prepare a large painting that is today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The artist’s…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia del pajarito (Holy Family with a Bird) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 144 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene filled with tenderness showing the Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait c.1896–1898 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 46.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Known for his biting wit, extravagant style, and personal eccentricities, the publicity-conscious Whistler used self-portraiture as a means to…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Wapping 1860–1864 Oil on canvas, 72 x 101.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down at a woman with pale skin and two men with ruddy complexions sitting at a table near a…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El aguador de Sevilla (The Waterseller of Seville) c.1623 Oil on canvas, 107.7 x 81.3 cm Wellington Museum, London This is one of the most famous early paintings by Velázquez, produced in his home town of Seville when…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las lanzas, o La Rendición de Breda (The Surrender of Breda) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 307.3 x 371.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid On June 5, 1625 the Dutch governor of Breda, Justinus van Nassau, surrendered the…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Cristo crucificado (Christ Crucified) c.1632 Oil on canvas, 248 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Stylistically, this work appears to have been made in the early 1630s -soon after the artist returned from Italy– and most authors…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (The Drunkards, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1628–1629 Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Documentation of payment received by Velázquez in July 1629 for an…