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Portrait de Jeanne Samary (c.1879)

Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Portrait de Jeanne Samary, actrice française (Portrait of Jeanne Samary, French actress) c.1879 Oil on canvas Musée Carnavalet, Paris See also: • Samary, Jeanne (1857-1890)

Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children) 1878 Oil on canvas, 153.7 x 190.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this commissioned portrait, as Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to…

Colonna Romano (1912)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Colonna Romano 1912 Oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges, Limoges See also: • Colonna-Romano, Gabrielle (1888-1981)

Portrait of a Woman (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Studio Portrait of a Woman 1635 or earlier Oil on wood, 77.5 x 64.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland At the age of 25, Rembrandt moved from his hometown of Leiden to the bustling city of…

Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels (c.1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels c.1654 Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Since 1883 (Bode), the model has passed convincingly to be Hendrickje Stofetls, the painter’s partner after Saskia‘s death in 1642. Typical Neo-Vetanian…

Portrait of Maria Trip (1639)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria Trip 1639 Oil on panel, 107 x 82 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Maria’s father amassed enormous wealth through trade in iron and arms. In 1639 she was 20 years old and still unmarried.…

Aristotle and Bust of Homer (1653)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Aristotle and Bust of Homer 1653 Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 136.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Among The Met’s most celebrated works of art, this painting conveys Rembrandt’s meditation on the meaning of fame. The richly…