Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Moïse sauvé des eaux (Moses saved from the waters) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 94 x 121 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Featuring one of Nicolas Poussin‘s favorite subjects, this painting was very popular in the 17th century. It…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Un porticato: paesaggio veneziano (An Arcade: Venetian Landscape) 18th century Oil on canvas, 40 x 31 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Artwork recovered after World War II, retrieved by the Office des Biens et Intérêts Privés (OBIP); to…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Sacra Conversazione (Holy Conversation) c.1500 Oil on poplar, 98 x 127 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: A. VICTORE CARPATHIO FICTI
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Fair Rosamund 1916 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 72.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund kneels in prayer, waiting for her lover King Henry II. From behind the curtain appears the vengeful Queen Eleanor, who has…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige (Pont Neuf, Snow Effect, 2nd series) 1902 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between December 1900 and his death Pissarro lodged intermittently at 28 Place Dauphine on…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge 1902 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Monet‘s Thames series was begun in the autumn of 1899 and the winter of 1900–01, from a fifth floor balcony of the Savoy…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bassin de Londres (The Pool of London) 1871 Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 74.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Monet came to London in 1871 as a refugee from the Franco-Prussian war. This view of the Thames…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le pont de Sèvres (The Bridge at Sèvres) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 38.1 × 46 cm Tate Britain, London The British painter Alfred Sisley was part of the French impressionist group. He painted ten works from the local…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Palazzo Ducale e il Molo dal Bacino di San Marco (Venice: The Doge’s Palace and the Molo from the Basin of San Marco) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 58.1 × 76.4 cm National Gallery, London Guardi delighted in capturing…
El Greco (1541-1614) Adoración del Nombre de Jesús (The Adoration of the Name of Jesus) late 1570s Oil and egg tempera on pine, 55.1 × 33.8 cm National Gallery, London This picture is closely related to a larger work of the…