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Il gusto (c.1614-1616)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…

Autoportrait (1859)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1859 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 65.4 x 53.7 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA This self-portrait is based on a known photograph of the artist: Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait 1864–1865 Koninklijk Museum…

Leconte de Lisle (c.1840-1841)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 Oil on canvas, 117 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Leconte de Lisle, Charles (1818-1894)

Due bambini molestano un gatto (c.1587-1588)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Due bambini molestano un gatto (Two Children Teasing a Cat) c.1587–1588 Oil on canvas, 66 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With expressions of cruel delight, two children torment a cat with the pincers of…

Portrait of a Man (1597)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer 1597 Oil on copper, 21.6 x 14.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive portrait on copper is one of Rubens’s earliest known works. The square…

Portrait de Madame Cézanne (1885-1886)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 61.9 × 51.1 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia See also: • Fiquet Cézanne, Marie-Hortense (1850-1922)