Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La lecture (Reading) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
La lecture (c.1892)
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Conversation in a Park (1746-1748)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park (Gainsborough and his wife?) c.1746–1748 Oil on canvas, 73 × 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An early example of a conversation piece by Gainsborough. Often compared with Gainsborough‘s drawn portrait, from the same…
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1594)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1594 Oil on copper, 25.2 × 35.2 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
La educación de la Virgen (c.1617-1618)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La educación de la Virgen (The Education of the Virgin) c.1617–1618 Oil on canvas, 168 × 136 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Daniele Barbaro (1545)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Daniele Barbaro 1545 Oil on canvas, 85.8 x 71.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro c.1545 Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Barbaro, Daniele (1513-1570)
Portrait of a Clergyman (1756-1760)
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an early work by Reynolds. It lacks the verve and brilliance of his later output but is imbued with a…
La Liseuse (c.1769)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Liseuse (Young Girl Reading) c.1769 Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 64.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a goldenrod-yellow dress, sits reading a small book,…
La lecture (1873)
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…
San Ambrosio (c.1796-1799)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Ambrosio (Saint Ambrose) c.1796–1799 Oil on canvas, 190 x 113 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This work belongs to a series depicting Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory, key figures of early Catholicism. Saint Ambrose (about…
Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt (1921)
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt (Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt) 1921 Oil on canvas, 87 x 120 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)