Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Fontaine de Vénus (Fountain of Venus) 1756 Oil on canvas, 233 x 215 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the…
La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) Les Larmes de saint Pierre (The Tears of Saint Peter / Saint Peter Repentant) 1645 Oil on canvas, 114 x 95 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland During Jesus’s arrest on the night of the Last Supper,…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 1835 Oil on canvas, 92 x 123.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Fire consumed London’s famous Houses of Parliament on the night of…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Au café (At the Café) c.1897–1899 Oil on board, laid on cradled panel, 28.8 x 27.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Vuillard once said, “I don’t do portraits. I paint people in their surroundings.” This scene of…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato del bufón Calabazas (Portrait of the Jester Calabazas) c.1631–1632 Oil on canvas, 175 x 106 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Calabazas, a jester in the court of King Philip IV of Spain, had physical and mental…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Cristo risorto adorato da santi e angeli (The Risen Christ Adored by Saints and Angels) 1566–1568 Black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper, 41.9 x 26.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This highly finished presentation drawing,…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) A Genoese Lady with Her Child c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 217.8 x 146 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This portrait was a departure from the painting style popular at this time, focusing less on a demonstrative…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le cirque (The Circus) 1889 Oil on fabric, 48.8 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Besides being a prolific painter, Suzanne Valadon served as the model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The attribution of…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Le Moulin de la Galette 1900s Gouache, 25 x 32.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Moulin de la Galette (Paris)