Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Guitar Player (De gitaarspeelster) c.1672 Oil on canvas, 53 x 46.3 cm Kenwood House, London
The Guitar Player (c.1672)
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The Astronomer (1668)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Astronomer (De astronoom) 1668 Oil on canvas 51 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Celestial globe by J. Hondius (1600) and astronomy manual by Metius (1621) opening to the chapter devoted to the stars, with engraving…
The Art of Painting (c.1666-1668)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Art of Painting (De Schilderkunst) c.1666–1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Allegory of Faith (1670-1672)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Allegory of Faith (Allegorie op het geloof) 1670–1672 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture, made at a moment when public celebrations of the Mass were forbidden in the Dutch…
The Lacemaker (1669-1670)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Lacemaker (De kantwerkster) 1669–1670 Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 24 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The motif of the lacemaker at work is traditionally a sign of domestic virtue, tinged with religious moralism (the…
Nature morte au bouquet (1871)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte au bouquet (Still Life with Bouquet) 1871 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 58.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (San Zaccaria Altarpiece)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (San Zaccaria Altarpiece) 1505 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 402 x 273 cm San Zaccaria, Venezia
Le Chemin de fer (1873)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chemin de fer (The Railway, Gare Saint-Lazare) 1873 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 111.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Gare Saint-Lazare, in 1873 the largest and busiest train station in Paris, is unseen in this painting.…
The Land of Milk and Honey (1567)
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…
San Francesco in meditazione (c. 1606)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 90 cm cm Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona