Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) El rodeo (The rodeo) 1861 Oil on canvas, 76 x 166 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires In a note probably written by Miguel Cané Sr., La Tribuna commented on the painting A Stop in…
El rodeo (1861)
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Un alto en el campo (1861)
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Un alto en el campo (A stop on the field) 1861 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 166.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The newspaper La Tribuna published commentaries most likely by Miguel Cané (Senior)…
L’étang de Ville-d’Avray (1865-1870)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) L’étang de Ville-d’Avray (The pond at Ville d’Avray) 1865–1870 Oil on canvas, 40 x 61.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Lulled by the morning light, a young girl sits by a pond, with two…
Jeunes femmes du village (1851-1852)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village (Young Ladies of the Village) 1851–1852 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 261 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, which initiated a series of pictures devoted to the lives of women,…
La fortezza di Königstein (1756-1758)
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…
Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (1505-1510)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1505–1510 Oil on panel, 90.8 x 110.5 cm cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Four people with pale skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads…
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1636)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Workshop The Sacrifice of Isaac 1636 Oil on canvas, 195 x 132.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich To test the steadfastness of his faith, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Only at the very last moment…
Landscape with a Stone Bridge (c.1638)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Landscape with a Stone Bridge c.1638 Oil on panel, 29.5 x 42.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt painted only a few landscapes, mostly imaginary vistas with mountains in the background. While he might very well have seen the different…
Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (1476-1478)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (The Birth of Christ) 1476–1478 Fresco, 200 x 300 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze The lunette on the central portal of the Basilica.
Natività mistica (1500)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…