Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Tour Eiffel (The Eiffel Tower) c.1898 Oil on canvas, 77.2 x 52.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston See also: • Tour Eiffel (Paris)
La Tour Eiffel (c.1898)
Tag: cityscape
View of Delft (c.1660-1661)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) View of Delft (Gezicht op Delft) c.1660–1661 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 115.7 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague View of Delft today: This is the most famous cityscape of the Dutch seventeenth century. The interplay of light and shade,…
The Little Street (c.1658)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street (Het Straatje, Delft) c.1658 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is…
Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…
Two Chained Monkeys (1562)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…
Massacre of the Innocents (Romania)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Oil on wood, 115.5 x 164 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents c.1565–1567 Royal Collection, Windsor Castle Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre…
The Suicide of Saul (1562)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Suicide of Saul 1562 Oil on oak panel, 34.7 × 55.6 × 0.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the lower left edge of the picture between two pieces of rock: SAVL. XXXI CAPIT.; and:…
Boulevard des Capucines (1873-1874)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard des Capucines 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 80.33 x 60.33 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City See also: • Boulevard des Capucines (Paris)
La Tamise à Westminster (c.1871)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Tamise à Westminster (The Thames at Westminster) c.1871 Oil on canvas, 47 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Monet arrived in London in September 1870, fleeing from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, and stayed until May…
La robe rose (1864)
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La robe rose (The Pink Dress) 1864 Oil on canvas, 110 x 148 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Originally from Montpellier, Bazille moved to Paris in 1862 to continue studying medicine. While attending the university, he used to visit Gleyre’s…