Caravaggio (1571-1610) Sacrificio di Isacco (Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1603 Oil on canvas, 104 x 135 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The painting illustrates the Old Testament passage in which God subjected Abraham to an extraordinary test of obedience by ordering him to…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm National Gallery, London Turner’s painting is based on the English seventeenth-century author and poet John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid, the monumental Latin poem written by…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Vue de village (View of the Village) 1868 Oil on canvas, 137.5 x 85.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Produced in Montpellier on the family property of Mas Méric overlooking the Lez and the village of Castelnau, the Village View…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La robe rose (The Pink Dress) 1864 Oil on canvas, 110 x 148 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Originally from Montpellier, Bazille moved to Paris in 1862 to continue studying medicine. While attending the university, he used to visit Gleyre’s…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (Bazille’s Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine) 1870 Oil on canvas 98 x 128 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris L’Atelier de la rue Condamine: the figures The Rue Condamine today. Born into a notable family…