Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de un hombre (Portrait of a Man) 1623–1630 Oil on canvas, 51.4 × 40 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Retrato de un hombre (1623-1630)
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Mosquito Nets (1908)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Mosquito Nets 1908 Oil on canvas, 57.2 × 71.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Mosquito Nets is a beautiful example of Sargent’s ability to translate a momentary impression into a masterful composition. The picture represents the…
Portrait de Femme (1877)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1877 Oil on canvas, 64.8 × 53.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Ritratto di un collezionista (c.1523)
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di un collezionista (Portrait of a Collector) c.1523 Oil on wood, 89.5 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London When listed in the inventory of Ranuccio Farnese in 1587 this picture was titled Portrait of a Priest, but there…
Uomo che sospende la lettura (1525-1526)
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Uomo che sospende la lettura (Portrait of a man with a book) 1525–1526 Oil on poplar, 67.5 × 53 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The stranger has paused while reading and now seems to be indulging in his own thoughts. His…
Luis de Góngora y Argote (1622)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Velázquez‘s abilities as both painter and observer make him one of the great portraitists of Western painting; this early work is…
Autoritratto con altre figure (c.1593)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Autoritratto con altre figure (Self-Portrait with Other Figures) c.1593 Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Self-Portrait (1623)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-Portrait 1623 Oil on panel, 85.7 x 62.2 x 0.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting seems to have been something of a face-saver. In 1621 Rubens supplied Lord Danvers with a Lion Hunt (now lost),…
Self-portrait (c.1638)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-portrait c.1638 Oil on canvas, 110 × 85.5 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription: P.P. RUBINS (!) added later on the left of the column Despite his great successes, Rubens was always ambivalent about court life.…
Portrait of a Man (1597)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer 1597 Oil on copper, 21.6 x 14.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive portrait on copper is one of Rubens’s earliest known works. The square…