Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 34.8 x 57.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About two dozen men and women sit in straight-backed, wooden chairs gathered along a sandy beach…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) 1873 Oil on wood, 15.5 x 29.9 cm National Gallery, London Boudin started off painting seascapes, but he found a niche in the 1860s producing small beach scenes. These showed…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1870–1874 Oil on wood, 18.2 x 46.2 cm National Gallery, London By the mid nineteenth century, the Normandy coastal town Trouville had developed into smart seaside resort, attracting well-to-do holidaymakers…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1860–1870 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 45.8 cm National Gallery, London This small panel records a bright but cloudy day as a group of well-dressed visitors gather around a flagpole…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage, Dieppe (On the Beach, Dieppe) 1864 Oil on wood, 31.8 x 29.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The changing skies of France‘s Channel coast and the fashionable crowds on the resort beaches…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage, coucher de soleil (On the Beach, Sunset) 1865 Oil on wood, 38.1 x 58.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin‘s masterful and convincing representation of light effects, such as the sunset in…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage à Trouville (On the Beach at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 26.7 × 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin, a native of Honfleur, began painting scenes of fashionable beach resorts along…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (Childhood of the Virgin) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 53.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Francisco de Zurbarán, one of the leading painters of the Spanish Golden Age, played an important role in…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (Vision of St. Peter Nolasco) 1629 Oil on canvas, 179 x 223 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Founder of the order of la Merced Calzada, the saint is depicted kneeling, leaning on…
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide chiamata alle armi (Semiramis called to Arms) 1645 Oil on canvas, 130 x 152 cm Private collection