Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité (Madame Renoir and Son) c.1916 Terra cotta, 51.1 x 24.8 x 32.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir‘s wife Aline had always been among his favorite models. Her fresh, full face and figure appeared in…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Holy Family with St Anne 1640 Oil on panel, 41 x 34 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Christian meaning of the painting has often been obliterated in favor of a purely secular interpretation: for example at…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Litta mid 1490s Tempera on canvas (handed over from panel), 42 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg This painting would seem to have been produced in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482. It was one…