Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la ville (Dance in the city) 1883 Oil on canvas, 179.7 x 89.1 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Visitazione (Visitation) c.1528–1530 Oil on panel, 202 x 156 cm Santi Michele e Francesco, Carmignano
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Sur les collines de Moret au printemps, matin (On the Hills of Moret in Spring, Morning) 1880 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Like many Impressionists, Sisley painted in villages on the…
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Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Découverte de Moïse (The Finding of Moses) 1651 Oil on canvas, 117 x 178.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 158.3 × 100.5 cm National Gallery, London Saint George plunges his lance into the jaws of the dragon which, according to legend, inhabited the…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on poplar, 88.9 × 57.8 cm National Gallery, London The Christ Child looks up at the Virgin Mary, raising the index finger of his right hand as though he…
