Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) 1866 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, some critics censured Courbet‘s “lack of…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Julie Manet et sa levrette Laërte (Julie Manet and Her Greyhound Laertes) 1893 Oil on canvas, 73 x 80 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Manet, Julie (1878-1966)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet dans son berceau (The Cradle – Camille with the Artist’s Son Jean) 1867 Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 88.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a baby tucked into an…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Joseph Telling his Dreams to his Parents and Brothers 1633 Paper, 51 x 39 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Joseph tells his dreams to his parents and his brothers. Standing by a bed of his mother Rachel, Joseph tells his…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Isaac Blessing Jacob c.1638 Oil on canvas, 117 x 141 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Bible recounts how Jacob, pretending to be his brother Esau, tricked their blind father into bestowing Esau’s rightful blessing on him. The idea of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Danae 1636 Oil on canvas, 185 x 202.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Love undoubtedly also inspired Rembrandt to produce Danaë. The subject was taken from the ancient myth about a princess of Argos, whose father, the king, was…
Guercino (1591-1666) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifar (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) 1649 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 158 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A nude woman with pale pink skin reclines under cream-white sheets in a bed as…
Guercino (1591-1666) Amnon e Tamar (Amnon and Tamar) 1649–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 158.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the thighs up, a light-skinned man and woman gesture dramatically, partially covered only by colorful lengths of…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Birth of the Virgin 15th century Woodcut, 29.5 x 20.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Sleep and his Half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) 1874 Oil on canvas, 70 x 91 cm Private collection