Rembrandt (1606-1669) Large Self-Portrait 1652 Oil on canvas, 112 × 81.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The self-portrait is of particular importance in Rembrandt‘s work. In total, the artist created over sixty painted self-portraits, which document not only his personal circumstances but…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue) c.1864 Oil on canvas, 107.31 x 137.47 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Although Gustave Courbet resided in Paris for most of his life, he remained closely connected…
Morisot, Edma (1839-1921) Berthe Morisot c.1865 Oil on canvas, 100 x 71 cm Private collection See also: • Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Léopold Zborowski 1916–1919 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Before moving to Paris in 1906, Modigliani studied in the academies of Florence and Venice, in Italy. In the French capital, he…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Doge Pietro Loredan 1567–1570 Oil on canvas, 109.5 × 93 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Loredan, Pietro (1482-1570)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saint Bartholomew 1657 Oil on canvas, 122.7 x 99.7 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest artists of all time and acclaimed for his compelling representations of the human condition. Known…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El tío Paquete c.1819–1820 Oil on canvas, 39 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The subject of this canvas can be identified from the inscription that was previously on the reverse and which read “El célebre ciego…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Asensio Julià (Portrait of Asensio Julià, painter and disciple of Goya) 1814 Oil on canvas, 73 x 57.8 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Julià, Asensio (1753-1832)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Henri Rochefort (Portrait of Henri Rochefort) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 66.5 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg See also: • Rochefort, Victor Henri (1831-1913)