Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Summer Night (Sommernatt) 1902 Oil on canvas, 115.5 by 101.5 cm Private collection “A landscape will alter according to the mood of the person who sees it, and in order to represent that particular scene, the artist will…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1426 Tempera on panel, 162.3 x 191.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This altarpiece was painted for the monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence. The central panel shows the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Femme assise sur un banc (Woman Seated on a Bench) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 55.9 cm Tate Britain, London This picture has also been known under such titles as ‘In the Park’, ‘Woman in a Park’…
Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Fair Rosamund in her Bower after 1854 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 49.5 cm Private collection Comentary by Rupert Maas: Scott first painted the subject of Rosamund in 1854, for exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy. This…
Scott, William Bell (1811-1890) Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower c.1853 Oil on canvas, 68 x 51.4 cm Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Compare: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund Probably 1901–1902 De Morgan Collection Rossetti,…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Notre-Dame de la Garde à Marseille (Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille) 1937 Gouache and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper, 46.4 x 67.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Marseille (France)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) San Benedetto ordina a san Mauro di resuscitare san Placido (Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus) c.1445–1450 Tempera on panel, 40 x 69.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two men are situated inside…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Bouquet 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 102.24 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Matisse came to painting later in life than his precocious rival Picasso and was introduced to Impressionism by the late works of…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1814 Oil on canvas, 35.3 cm x 28.4 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly The subject is taken from Inferno in Dante‘s Divine Comedy (14th century). It is, with the Stratonice, the only…