Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) 1863 Oil on canvas, 207 x 265 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Rejected by the jury of the 1863 Salon, Manet exhibited Le déjeuner sur l’herbe under the title Le Bain…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Gloomy Day (Early Spring / February-March) 1565 Oil on oak panel, 118 x 163 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The picture represents late winter or early spring with such seasonal activities as collecting wood and cutting willow…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Parable of the Sower 1557 Oil on wood panel, 73.7 × 102.9 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Pieter Bruegel the Elder took pleasure in burying the lead. Many of his mature works had lofty,…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel c.1568 Oil on panel, 59.9 x 74.6 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam In this famous painting Bruegel depicts the biblical story of man’s hubris and their desire to build a…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel 1563 Oil on oak, 114.4 × 155.5 × 3.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Designated at the bottom of a cuboid: BRVEGEL. FE. M.CCCCC.LXIII Bruegel’s monumental composition became the most famous, most often…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Tamise à Westminster (The Thames at Westminster) c.1871 Oil on canvas, 47 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Monet arrived in London in September 1870, fleeing from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, and stayed until May…