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Le pont de pierre à Rouen, temps gris (1896)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le pont de pierre à Rouen, temps gris (The Stone Bridge in Rouen, Dull Weather) 1896 Oil on canvas, 66.1 x 91.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le pont de pierre et les…

Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (c.1775-1780)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 50 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia c.1770 Frick…

Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia (c.1770)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canale di Cannaregio a Venezia (View of the Cannaregio Canal in Venice) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 48.9 × 77.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Compare: Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia c.1775–1780 National…

El regreso del hijo pródigo (1667-1670)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) El regreso del hijo pródigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1667–1670 Oil on canvas, 236.3 x 261 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Murillo‘s great talent for dramatic painting is apparent in this monumental depiction of…

La soeur de l’artiste à la fenêtre (1869)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La soeur de l’artiste à la fenêtre (The Artist’s Sister at a Window) 1869 Oil on canvas, 54.8 x 46.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with pale peach skin and light brown hair sits…

Piazza San Marco, Venezia (c.1740)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Piazza San Marco, Venezia (Piazza San Marco, Venice) c.1740 Oil on canvas, 136.2 x 232.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This view of the Piazza San Marco, Venice shows Bellotto‘s devotion to faithful observation. At the left…

Piazza San Marco (1760s)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Piazza San Marco late 1760s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 85.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view can be compared to Canaletto’s of the same location painted forty years prior. Guardi’s technique is far looser…

Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel (1911)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel (The Pont de Passy and the Eiffel Tower) 1911 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lines and planes converge at the center of…

La place du marché, Vitebsk (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La place du marché, Vitebsk (The Marketplace, Vitebsk) 1917 Oil on canvas, 66 × 97.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York After training and exhibiting his art in Paris, Chagall returned to his hometown Vitebsk in 1914…