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
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide riceve la notizia della rivolta di Babilonia (Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon) 1624 Oil on canvas, 112.4 x 154.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Interrupted at her toilette by news of a revolt,…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cardinale Francesco Cennini (Cardinal Francesco Cennini) 1625 Oil on canvas, 117.4 x 96.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Cennini, Francesco (1566-1645)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Intérieur après dîner (Interior, after Dinner) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a darkened room, two women sit at a round table near a man who stands leaning against…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Joueurs de cartes (The Card Players) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne was in his fifties when he undertook a painting campaign devoted to giving memorable form to a…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1885 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A notebook kept by Fantin’s wife is said to record the circumstances surrounding this picture. The…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (On the Terrace at Sèvres) 1880 Oil on canvas, 88 x 115 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Sur la terrasse de la villa Brancas avec Henri Fantin-Latour. See also: • Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)