Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Lucca Madonna c.1437 Oil on panel, 65.5 × 149.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt No other work by Jan van Eyck conveys a sense of such immediate intimacy between the viewer and the figures depicted as this painting.…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Summer (‘Portrait’) 1876 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London James Tissot is deliberately ambiguous here, inviting us to interpret it. His model, Miss Lloyd, stands at the entrance of a billiards’ room, a space…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman early 1660s Oil on canvas, 74.1 x 64.6 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman entered the Royal Collection in 1762 as a work…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Art of Painting (De Schilderkunst) c.1666–1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Marked on the lower border strip of the map: I Ver-Meer Inscribed on the top border of the map: NOVA…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 73.9 x 95.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 78, JH 734) Test of mastery The potato eaters is the most ambitious painting of Van Gogh’s…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giove, Nettuno e Plutone (Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto) c.1597 Oil on plaster ceiling, 300 x 180 Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, Roma
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (Bazille’s Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine) 1870 Oil on canvas 98 x 128 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris L’Atelier de la rue Condamine: the figures The Rue Condamine today. Born into a notable family…