Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) 1876 Oil on canvas, 131.5 x 176.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1879 to 1894, in the Gustave Caillebotte collection. This painting is doubtless Renoir‘s most…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Banc de Jardin (The Garden Bench) c.1882 Oil on canvas Private collection
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Francesco in estasi (St Francis in Ecstasy) c.1475–1480 Oil on panel, 124.1 × 140.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Details of Giovanni Bellini’s birth and early life remain largely unknown. He grew up in Venice, his likely…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant Wedding c.1568 Oil on oak, 113 × 164 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The apparent “snapshot” of this picture is in fact carefully composed. Dispensing with allegorical meaning the painting is a realistic…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (Inspiration of Saint Matthew) 1602 Oil on canvas 296.5 x 195 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses (The Terrace at Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 91.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Castelnau-le-Lez (France) | Des Hours, Thérèse