Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dad’s Coming! 1873 Oil on wood, 22.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled…
Dad’s Coming! (1873)
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Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (c.1740-1746)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (Adrastus seated at the feet of Armida) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 160.4 × 53.5 cm National Gallery, London Within a walled garden, a man wearing a striking blue costume and ornate necklace catches the…
Young Man holding a Skull (1626-1628)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 92.2 × 80.8 cm National Gallery, London A life-size figure stands before us, holding a skull in one hand and gesticulating with the other. Shown close up, the…
Ovide chez les Scythes (1859)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Ovide chez les Scythes (Ovid among the Scythians) 1859 Oil on canvas, 87.6 × 130.2 cm National Gallery, London In AD 8 the Roman poet Ovid, author of The Art Of Love and the epic poem Metamorphoses, was banished…
The Cornfield (1826)
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Cornfield 1826 Oil on canvas, 143 × 122 cm National Gallery, London A boy has paused from the thirsty work of herding sheep at noon to lie flat on the bank of a pool and drink its…
Le Petit Paysan (c.1918)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Le Petit Paysan (The Little Peasant) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 100 × 64.5 cm Tate Britain, London
Niño montando un carnero (1786-1787)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Niño montando un carnero (Boy on a Ram) 1786–1787 Oil on canvas, 127.2 × 112.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago As painter to the king of Spain, Francisco de Goya also designed tapestries for the royal residences.…
Garçon lisant le journal (1893)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Garçon lisant le journal (Reading the Newspaper) 1893 Essence on board, 26.7 x 26.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This boy gently leaning over a newspaper is a typical subject for Vuillard, who specialized in depicting middle class people engaged…
La Sieste (1877)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La Sieste (The Nap) 1877 Pastel on paper, 35 x 50 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Ritratto di una nobildonna e suo figlio (1574)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di una nobildonna e suo figlio (Portrait of a Noblewoman and her Son) 1574 Oil on panel, 110.5 x 87 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford