Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 Oil on oak, 33.1 x 42.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of at least four versions that Jan van der Heyden made of this scene of Cologne and its half-built…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Madonna Durán 1435–1438 Oil on panel, 100 x 52 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The panel has been trimmed on all four sides but little of the painted surface can have been lost. It is made…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…
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…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Flight into Egypt (Flucht nach Ägypten) 1509 Woodcut, 28.8 x 19.4 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Rue de la Bavole à Honfleur 1864 Oil on canvas, 58 x 63 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur c.1864 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Honfleur (France)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’intrigue (The Intrigue) 1890 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 149 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Saltimbanques au repos (Saltimbanques Resting) 1870 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 65.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Charity 1540 Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp