Tag: Chicago

La Berceuse (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Berceuse (Lullaby or Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 73.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (F 506, JH 1670) Vincent van Gogh saw in Augustine Roulin—along with her husband, Joseph, and…

Napoléon entrant au Caire (c.1900)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Napoléon entrant au Caire (Napoleon Entering Cairo) c.1900 Gilt bronze, 38.1 × 43.2 cm (without base) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Cairo (Egypt) | Napoléon I (1769-1821)

Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (1878)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour (Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid) modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Bronze, 72.4 × 43.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale…

Portrait de femme (1851)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1851 Oil on canvas, 92.6 × 73.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Aigle expirant (c.1900)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Aigle expirant (Eagle Expiring, Monument for Waterloo) modeled c.1900 (cast after 1902) Gilt bronze, 68.6 × 71.1 × 43.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) L’aigle expirant de Waterloo c.1902 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston    

La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1887)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony) 1887 Pencil, charcoal, crayon, chalk and watercolor on paper, 179.5 × 154.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM,…

Giovane donna con un pappagallo (c.1730)

Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Giovane donna con un pappagallo (A Young Lady with a Parrot) c.1730 Pastel on paper, mounted on laminated paper board, 60 x 50 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Rosalba Carriera is renowned for the distinction she brought…

Noli Me Tangere (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Noli Me Tangere 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 27.3 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his contact…