Derain, André (1880-1954) La piscine de Londres (The Pool of London) 1906 Oil on canvas, 65.7 × 99.1 cm Tate Britain, London This view of the Thames from London Bridge is one of four works painted by Derain, showing the same…
Derain, André (1880-1954) The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 92 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting is one of several views Derain painted of London between 1905 and 1906. Among Derain‘s finest…
Derain, André (1880-1954) London Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 66 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In 1905, French painter André Derain was commissioned by his art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint views of London. Derain set up…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Pont sur le Riou (Bridge over the Riou) 1906 Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 101.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Although Bridge over the Riou describes a place in the south of France, its complexly patterned…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Charing Cross Bridge 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 81.7 x 100.7 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In this cityscape Derain rendered the customary gray of the London sky with dramatic color. In the summer of 1905 he…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Charing Cross Bridge, London 1906 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 100.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look across river at a bridge with a city skyline beyond in this stylized, horizontal landscape, which is painted entirely…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con colonna (English Landscape Capriccio with a Column) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 106.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con palazzo (English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 108.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione di Cestello (Cestello Annunciation) 1489–1490 Tempera on wood, 150 x 156 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Inscriptions: SPIRITUS SANCTUS SUPERVENIET IN TE ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI (Luca 1, 35) ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI FIAT MICHI SECUNDUM VERBUM TUUM…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Pont de Villeneuve-la-Garenne (The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne) 1872 Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Recently built, state-of-the-art bridges, emblematic of modernity, appear in a number of Sisley’s paintings of the 1870s…