Tag: cityscape

The Adoration of the Kings (1598)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 Bodycolour on vellum, 32.9 × 48 cm National Gallery, London Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn…

Rue de Paris (1914)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue de Paris (Street in Paris) 1914 Oil on canvas, 63.5 × 80 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Paris (France)

Rue de Moret (c.1890)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Rue de Moret (Street in Moret) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 60 × 73.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Moret-sur-Loing (France)

La Place du Havre, Paris (1893)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Place du Havre, Paris (The Place du Havre, Paris) 1893 Oil on canvas, 60.1 × 73.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After a period of experimentation with the Neo-Impressionist style developed by Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro returned…

Il Canal Grande, Venezia (c.1760)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Canal Grande, Venezia (The Grand Canal, Venice) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 73 × 119.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although he did not begin to paint views (vedute) until he was in his mid-40s, Francesco Guardi soon…

Les Saltimbanques (1865)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Les Saltimbanques (The Saltimbanques Changing Place) 1865 Chalk and watercolor on paper, 40.4 x 31.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

La Piazza San Marco e la Piazzetta (c.1731)

Canaletto (1697-1768) La Piazza San Marco e la Piazzetta (The Square of Saint Mark’s and the Piazzetta, Venice) c.1731 Oil on canvas, 66 x 102.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Canaletto‘s chief subject was the city of Venice, which he often painted for…