Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme aux pigeons (Woman with Pigeons) c.1865 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 60.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though Gustave Courbet was best known for his early paintings of French peasants, in later decades he focused on scenes of animals,…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1864–1865 Oil on canvas, 64 × 53 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait 1859 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man (Triumphal Arch in Venice) s.d. Oil on panel, 10 × 8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Man 1619 Oil on canvas, 102 × 71 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 45 x 38 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (Portrait of a Young Man holding a Letter) 1518 Oil on wood, 85.5 x 66.5 cm National Gallery, London A young man glances up at us from the letter he has just been…
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) early 1520s Oil on panel, 88.7 x 67.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Monaco che tiene una croce (Monk holding a Cross) c.1445–1448 Tempera on panel. 69 x 44 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Almost nothing is known about the early years and training of Domenico Veneziano, an enigmatic artist of the…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Apostolo (An Apostle) c.1615–1619 Oil on canvas, 62 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, London This painting probably belonged to a series of Apostles. Although he was previously identified as Saint Judas Thaddaeus, usually portrayed with a club…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1558–1563 Oil on canvas, 63 x 50.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg