Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, dit Bébé Jean (Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, also called ‘Baby Jean’) 1878 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm Private collection See also: • Hoschedé, Jean-Pierre (1877-1961)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Portrait de Jean Monet en bonnet à pompon (Portrait of Jean Monet in a pompon bonnet) 1869 Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 cm Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Garvagh / Madonna Aldobrandini (Garvagh Madonna or Aldobrandini) c.1510–1511 Oil on wood, 38.9 × 32.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of several small and medium-sized Madonnas made by Raphael in the years immediately following his arrival in…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Champ de coquelicots près de Vétheuil (Poppy field near Vétheuil) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Vétheuil (France)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Femme allaitant son enfant / Hortense Fiquet donnant le sein (Woman breastfeeding her child / Hortense Fiquet breastfeeding) 1872 Oil on canvas, 22 x 22 cm Private collection See also: • Fiquet Cézanne, Marie-Hortense (1850-1922)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Conversation, Louveciennes (The Conversation, Louveciennes) 1870 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Louveciennes (France)
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Crocifissione tra i santi Cristoforo e Girolamo (Christ on the Cross between Sts. Christopher and Jerome) Ante 1473 or c.1475–1478 Oil on panel, 59 x 40 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This panel has been in the Borghese Collection only since…
Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 3rd quarter of the 15th century Terracotta and glazed clay, 53 × 38 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Emotional depictions of the Madonna for domestic worship were very popular in Florence in…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Virgin of Humility) c.1440 Tempera on panel, 74 x 52 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam As a Dominican monk, Fra Angelico was not subject to the strict rules of the Florentine painters’ guild. He was thus free…