Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, cazador (Philip IV in Hunting Dress) 1632–1634 Oil on canvas, 189 x 124 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Between 1635 and 1637, important additions were made to the Torre de la Parada, the king’s hunting…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, a caballo (Philip IV on horseback) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 303 x 317 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Of the equestrian portraits painted for the Hall of Realms, this is the only one with a…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet sur son cheval cheval de bois (Jean Monet on His Hobby Horse) 1872 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 74.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet painted this picture of his elder son, Jean,…
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Hoschedé 1871 Etching on paper, 30.1 x 19.6 cm British Museum, London See also: • Hoschedé, Ernest (1837-1891)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La petite fille à l’arrosoir (A Girl with a Watering Can) 1876 Oil on canvas, 100 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In 1876, Renoir began to paint anecdotal depictions of women and children, subjects…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fille avec un panier d’oranges (Girl with a Basket of Oranges) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 128.8 x 41.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Known as the ‘Night Watch’ Rembrandt (1606-1669) Night Watch 1642 Oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt‘s largest and most famous painting was made…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) David and Jonathan 1642 Oil on panel, 73 x 61.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg After his wife’s death Rembrandt continued for a time to live in a grand style, assembling a collection of antiques in his Amsterdam home.…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Battesimo ed elezione di San Zanobi (Baptism of St Zenobius and His Appointment as Bishop) c.1500 Tempera on wood, 66.7 x 149.2 cm National Gallery, London Four Scenes from the Early Life of Saint Zenobius. This painting was made…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, third episode 1483 Mixed method on panel, 83.5 x 142.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid These panels illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio‘s Decameron. This is the story of…