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
Les petits nids d’oiseaux (1873-1874)
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Eos (1895)
Flora (1894)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Flora 1894 Oil on canvas, 199 x 88 cm De Morgan Collection Flora is the Roman Goddess of flowers, especially associated with spring, her festivals, the Floralia, were from 28 April to 3 May. The scroll is…
Meditazione sulla passione (c.1490)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
Frida y Diego Rivera (1931)
Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Frida y Diego Rivera (Frieda and Diego Rivera) 1931 Oil on canvas, 100.01 x 78.74 cm Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco See also: • Rivera, Diego (1886-1957)
Alessandro e Bucefalo (c.1757-1760)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Alessandro e Bucefalo (Alexander and Bucephalus) c.1757–1760 Oil on canvas, 58 x 34.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris One of the rare examples of Italian painting in the collections of the Petit Palais, this is a small canvas of…
Nature morte aux faisans et aux pluviers (1879)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nature morte aux faisans et aux pluviers (Still Life with Pheasants and Plovers) 1879 Oil on canvas, 67.9 x 90.2 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The iridescent plumage of a ring-necked pheasant was an enthralling subject for…
La cage (1885)
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La cage (The Cage) 1885 Oil on canvas, 50.48 x 38.1 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Painted in 1885, The Cage typifies Berthe Morisot’s mature style, pushing the boundaries of Impressionism. About 1880, Morisot,…
La pesca miracolosa (c.1515-1516)
Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…
The Temptation in the Garden of Eden (c.1600)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568-1625) was the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.…