Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Constable, John (1776-1837) Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 101.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Paesaggio fluviale (River Landscape) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 88.3 x 148.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington It might be said that with paintings like this one, Annibale Carracci invented the landscape as a subject for Italian baroque…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1505–1510 Oil on poplar panel, 84.8 x 68.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) River Landscape 1607 Oil on coppper, 20.7 x 32.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington People gather under trees next to an expansive river dotted with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The people are tiny…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Mountainous Landscape with Herdsmen Resting by a Path c.1595 Oil on copper, 18.6 x 25.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Travelers of different backgrounds populate the windy roads of this dramatic mountain view. With atmospheric lighting and…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Les petits nids d’oiseaux (The Little Bird Nesters) 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 66 x 90 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus