Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Isabella Brant 1621 Oil on canvas, 153 x 120 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Alabardiere (Portrait of a Halberdier) 1529–1530 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95.3 x 73 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles
Pontormo (1494-1557) Ritratto di un gioielliere (Portrait of a Jeweler) c.1517–1518 Oil on panel, 70 x 53 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
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…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1558–1563 Oil on canvas, 63 x 50.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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…
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)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Self-portrait 1881 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
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…