Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Baigneurs, étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Bathers, Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) 1883–1884 Oil on wood National Gallery of Art, Washington A grassy riverbank cuts across the lower left corner of this painting, in front of a river…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1887–1889 Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, 57.5 x 65.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When creating the series to which this pastel belongs, Edgar Degas was inspired by the 19th-century…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Bearded Man with a Velvet Cap 1645 Oil on wood, 60.3 x 52.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Flinck studied as a pupil in Rembrandt’s studio and, according to one early biographer, had so internalized his…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480 Tempera with oil glazes on panel, 26.7 x 21.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed center bottom on cartellino: “IOHANNES BELLINUS” Sitting in the occhio e mezzo (eye…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) 1882–1884 Oil on panel, 26.4 x 34.9 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course c.1882–1888 Private collection Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course c.1887–1889 Cleveland Museum…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1882–1888 Oil on paper laid down on panel, 29.5 x 46.5 cm Private collection Compare: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course 1882–1884 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Jeune fille chrétienne (Young Christian Girl) 1894 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 46.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Bretagne (France)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Joseph Roulin assis (Joseph Roulin seated) 1888 Oil on canvas, 81.3 cm × 65.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Van Gogh left Paris for Arles, a small town in southern France, in February 1888, where he…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le docteur Paul Gachet (Doctor Paul Gachet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 68.2 x 57 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inseparably entwined with the last period of Vincent van Gogh‘s life in Auvers, Dr Gachet was an original character. He…