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…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) c.1562 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (St Francis Borja at the Deathbed of an Impenitent) 1788 Oil on canvas, 350 x 300 cm Catedral de Valencia, Valencia See also: • Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Autoportrait (Self-portrait) 1870 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Private collection
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Père Magloire sur le chemin de Saint-Clair à Étretat (Father Magloire on the Road between Saint-Clair and Étretat) 1884 Oil on canvas, 128 x 80 cm Private collection Compare: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Père Magloire sur la route…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Intérieur (Interior) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Private collection
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Un Balcon, Boulevard Haussmann (A Balcony, Boulevard Haussmann) 1880 Oil on canvas, 69 x 62 cm Private collection A balcony at 31 Bd Haussmann, home of the painter. See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)