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La Liberté guidant le peuple (1830)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Liberté guidant le peuple. Le 28 juillet 1830 (Liberty Leading the People. July 28, 1830) 1830 Oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Other title: Une Barricade (A Barricade) Inscription: “Eug. Delacroix.1830” (in…

Wapping (1860-1864)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Wapping 1860–1864 Oil on canvas, 72 x 101.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down at a woman with pale skin and two men with ruddy complexions sitting at a table near a…

Amor sacro e amor profano (1515-1516)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…

Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (1826)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (View from the Farnese Gardens, Rome) 1826 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 24.4475 x 40.005 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington After working several years in France, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot embarked for Italy in…

Agostina (1866)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Agostina 1866 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 97.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This model was likely an immigrant from the rural region near Rome. Corot dressed her in traditional costume and placed her in an Italian…

Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (Boulevard Montmartre, Spring) 1897 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Israel Museum, Jerusalem See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)

Le Boulevard Montmartre, matin d’hiver (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, matin d’hiver (The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning) 1897 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York After spending six years in rural Eragny, Pissarro returned to Paris, where he…

Le Boulevard Montmartre à Paris (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre à Paris (Boulevard Montmartre in Paris) 1897 Oil on canvas, 74 x 92.8 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Like Claude Monet, Pissarro, an outstanding representative of the Impressionist movement, often painted whole series of works showing…