Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les toits du Vieux Nice (The Roofs of Old Nice) c.1911–1919 Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer The old town seen from Renoir’s house. See also: • Nice (France)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme nue couchée (Reclining Nude) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Nudes and the grand tradition of classical art preoccupied Renoir in the 1880s. In this painting, he paid…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme assise au bord de la mer (By the Seashore) 1883 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 72.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir likely painted this work in his studio, posing his model in a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baie de Naples au matin (The Bay of Naples) 1881 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The corner of the balcony visible at lower left in this composition indicates Renoir’s…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Resurrection c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, transferred to oak wood, 91.9 x 67 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Ascension of Christ 1636 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 68.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Workshop The Sacrifice of Isaac 1636 Oil on canvas, 195 x 132.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich To test the steadfastness of his faith, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Only at the very last moment…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Deposition of Christ from the Cross 1632–1633 Oil on West Indian cedar (Cedrela odorata), 89.4 x 65.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince…