Tag: CMA

Piazza San Marco, Venezia (c.1740)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Piazza San Marco, Venezia (Piazza San Marco, Venice) c.1740 Oil on canvas, 136.2 x 232.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This view of the Piazza San Marco, Venice shows Bellotto‘s devotion to faithful observation. At the left…

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…

Berthe Morisot (c.1869-1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot c.1869–1873 Oil on fabric, 74 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death. This…

Maison du jardinier à Antibes (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Maison du jardinier à Antibes (Gardener’s House at Antibes) 1888 Oil on fabric, 91.1 x 118.4 x 13.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Monet painted 35 canvases during his visit to Antibes from January to May 1888.…

Le foulard rouge (c.1868-1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le foulard rouge (The Red Kerchief) c.1868–1873 Oil on fabric, 99 x 79.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting depicts Monet‘s first wife, Camille, outside on a snowy day passing by the French doors of their…

Bord de mer (1878)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Bord de mer (Seaside, July: Specimen of a Portrait) 1878 Oil on fabric, 87.5 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland From 1869 to 1876, under the pseudonym Coïdé, Tissot published political cartoons in the British weekly…

A Young Man with a Chain (c.1629 or 1632)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Studio A Young Man with a Chain c.1629 or 1632 Oil on wood, 57.8 x 43.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting is an example of a tronie, a Dutch word meaning “head” or “facial…

Portrait of a Woman (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Studio Portrait of a Woman 1635 or earlier Oil on wood, 77.5 x 64.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland At the age of 25, Rembrandt moved from his hometown of Leiden to the bustling city of…

Fifth Avenue Nocturne (c.1895)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue Nocturne c.1895 Oil on canvas, 61.2 x 51 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Boston native Childe Hassam began painting in an Impressionist style during a three-year stay in Paris, from 1886 to 1889. On settling…