Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Jeune Fille aux cerises (Girl with Cherries) c.1870 Oil on canvas, 56.2 × 47.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The daughter of an affluent and cultured family, Eva Gonzalès was Édouard Manet’s first and only official pupil. Girl…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress 1642 Etching, 9.2 × 6.1 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection.…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Virgin and Child with Saints Zacharias, Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1620 Oil on canvas, 114 x 153 cm National Gallery, London We are watching an intimate family moment, apparently unnoticed. Two children are being introduced – they…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Head of a Peasant Woman 1884 Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 34.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Vincent van Gogh always felt deep sympathy for the peasant classes and here tenderly depicted the full, sunburnt features…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Jester with a Lute c.1623–1624 Oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of Bouffon (it dates back at least to 1921) refers to the world of theater (stripes of costume) and the genre…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Papa Paolo III (Portrait of Pope Paul III) 1545–1546 Oil on canvas, 98 x 79 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto c.1543 Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli See also:…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Youth) c.1485 Oil and tempera on panel, 52.1 x 36.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Filippino Lippi was the son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, who was undoubtedly the boy’s first…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Jockeys à cheval avant les collines lointaines (Jockeys on Horseback before Distant Hills) 1884 Oil on canvas, 44.9 × 54.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Jockey au casquette rouge (Jockey with Red Cap) c.1866–1868 Oil on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to wood panel, 46.2 x 30.6 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Hanseatic Merchant 1538 Oil on panel, 49.6 × 39 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven