Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Crouching human couple / The Family (Kauerndes Menschenpaar / Die Familie) 1918 Oil on canvas, 150 × 160.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A man and a woman, both naked, crouch in the darkness of a room. A child…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Femme à la fourrure (Lady in a fur) c.1880 Pastel on canvas, 55.8 × 45.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna She looks out of the picture confidently. Her hair is carefully styled, the fur is casually draped over her…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) La Toilette de la mariée (Attirement of the Bride) 1940 Oil on canvas, 129.6 x 96.3 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Attirement of the Bride is an example of Max Ernst’s veristic…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) The Antipope 1941–1942 Oil on canvas, 160.8 x 127.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Max Ernst settled in New York in 1941 after escaping from Europe with the help of…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, I (Lunch on the Grass, after Manet, I) 1962 Colour linocut, 64 x 53 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe 1863 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Ernst, Max (1891-1976)…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, II (Lunch on the Grass, after Manet, II) 1962 Colour linocut, 53 x 64 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe 1863 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Ernst, Max (1891-1976)…
Guercino (1591-1666) La morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) 1648 Oil on canvas, 173 x 237 cm Palazzo Rosso, Genova This painting, in which Cleopatra is depicted in the act of taking her life, in order not to suffer the shame…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Danae c.1531 Oil on canvas, 161 x 193 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Together with Leda, Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle, and Jupiter and Io, this painting forms part of a well-known series of Jupiter’s loves, painted by Correggio for Federico…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere che benda Amore (Venus Blindfolding Cupid) c.1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 118 x 185 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma In all likelihood, this painting entered the Borghese Collection in 1608, when it was given to Scipione Borghese by Cardinal Paolo Emilio…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse aux cheveux blonds dénoués (Bather with loose blonde hair) c.1903 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 73.4 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna