Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Profil de jeune fille (Young girl profile) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 24.7 cm Private collection A towering figure in the second half of the nineteenth century, Édouard Manet was a serious and dedicated artist strongly committed…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Alice Legouvé dans un Fauteuil (Portrait of Alice Legouvé in an armchair) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 26 × 28 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles See also: • Legouvé, Alice
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Woman with the Umbrella) 1872 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 40 cm Private collection Staring out boldly at the viewer, a blue umbrella perched on her shoulder and dressed in an elegant black…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Dr. Pozzi at Home 1881 Oil on canvas, 201.6 x 102.2 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Samuel-Jean Pozzi (1846–1918) was a pioneer in the field of modern gynecology in France; his practices advanced the reproductive safety and dignity…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Isabella de’ Medici 1552–1553 Oil on panel 44 x 36 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Attributed to Bronzino Isabella de’ Medici, the second daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo. She was born in 1542, and in…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Maria de’ Medici c.1555 Oil on poplar, 116 x 90 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Since the early Renaissance the foremost artists and workshops in Florence had worked for the Medici. In 1570, Cosimo I became Grand-Duke of Tuscany, elevating…