Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) 1430s-1450s Tempera and/or oil on wood panel, 61.6 x 61.6 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Judge c.1620 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris With its two influences—that of the Antwerp tradition complemented by the Venetian influence—this splendid portrait of a magistrate could only have been executed…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Man c.1630 Oil on canvas, 105.4 × 83.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The man in this painting remains unidentified, but the painting was made during a period when Anthony van Dyck painted portraits…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Man with a Plumed Hat 1631 Oil on wood panel, 81.3 × 66 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo This young man’s flamboyant feathered cap and gold chain did not reflect contemporary 17th-century Dutch fashion. Rather, the theatricality of…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Jean Renoir (Catherine Hessling) c.1923 Oil on canvas, 90.4 x 75.2 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo This painting depicts the actress Catherine Hessling, wife of the film director Jean Renoir. Catherine Hessling was her stage name,…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de un hombre, posible autorretrato (Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 55.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The broken, flickering outlines that keep the surface and flesh alive in…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Profil de jeune fille (Young girl profile) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 24.7 cm Private collection A towering figure in the second half of the nineteenth century, Édouard Manet was a serious and dedicated artist strongly committed…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di donna anziana con libro, Maria Salviati? (Portrait of an Elderly Lady with a book, Maria Salviati?) c.1540 Oil on wood panel, 127 x 100 cm Legion of Honor, San Francisco Agnolo Bronzino executed this stoic portrait around the…