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Hilando (1936)

Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Hilando (Weaving) 1936 Tempera and oil on canvas, 66 × 106.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Laboring at a backstrap loom in this painting is Luz Jiménez, a master weaver and Nahua, one of the largest Indigenous…

Séduction (1872)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Séduction (Seduction, The Proposal) 1872 Oil on canvas, 163.5 x 111.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The motif of a young man at a window, wooing a woman at her spinning wheel, and the vaguely…

Jeune femme tressant ses cheveux (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme tressant ses cheveux (Young Woman Braiding Her Hair) 1876 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with peachy skin shaded with ice blue and pale, mint green…

L’odalisque (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’odalisque (Odalisque) 1870 Oil on canvas, 69.2 x 122.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a sheer white blouse, short red and gold vest, and full-legged, patterned pants cinched below the knee lies back…

Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bathsheba at Her Bath 1654 Oil on canvas, 142 x 142 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Subject taken from the Bible (II Book of Samuel, the importance of the letter delivered to Bathsheba, the strong point of an…

Ritratto di Isabella del Portogallo (1548)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Isabella del Portogallo (Portrait of Isabella of Portugal) 1548 Oil on canvas, 117 cm x 98 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The portraits that Titian painted of Isabella (1503-1539), daughter of King Manuel of Portugal and wife…

Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…