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Autoritratto mentre dipinge ‘Amore fedele’ (1655)

Guercino (1591-1666) Autoritratto mentre dipinge ‘Amore fedele’ (Self-Portrait before a Painting of “Amor Fedele”) 1655 Oil on canvas, 116 x 95.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this vertical portrait painting, a pale-skinned, bearded man holding a painter’s palette…

Un atelier aux Batignolles (1870)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Un atelier aux Batignolles (A Studio at Les Batignolles) 1870 Oil on canvas, 204 x 273.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Portraits: 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Otto Scholderer (1834-1902) 3. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) 4. Émile Zola (1840-1902) 5.…

Autoportrait aux sept doigts (1912-1913)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Autoportrait aux sept doigts (Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 117 x 6 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Marc Chagall‘s Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers is not a naturalistic image, yet it describes a great deal…

Autoportrait (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1876 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 57.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA In the first flush of major success as an artist, Renoir depicts himself in front of an easel. By 1876, he had participated in the…

Las Meninas (1656)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las Meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV (Las meninas or The Family of Philip IV) 1656 Oil on canvas, 320.5 x 281.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of Velázquez‘s largest paintings and among…

Autoritratto (c.1562)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) c.1562 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating…