Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) c.1575–1580 Oil on wood, 143 x 226.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The Mannerist painter Allori designed a complex representation of Venus which owes much to the powerful figures of Michelangelo. The…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici (Portrait of Bia de’ Medici) c.1542–1545 Oil on panel, 63.3 x 48 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze In the late 19th century, this painting was already identified as a portrait of the “natural…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1527–1528 Oil on panel, 101.3 x 78.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bronzino (1503-1572) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fillette au chapeau bleu (Girl with Blue Hat) 1881 Oil on canvas, 40 x 35 cm Private collection See also: • Henriot, Jane (1878-1900)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme tressant ses cheveux (Young Woman Braiding Her Hair) 1876 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with peachy skin shaded with ice blue and pale, mint green…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille lisant (Young Girl Reading) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 14.8 x 10.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a young woman wearing white sits in an armchair cuddling a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Petite étude pour un nu (Small Study for a Nude) 1882 Oil on canvas, 13.3 x 10.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington