Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di un prelato (Portrait of a Prelate) c.1580 Oil on copper, diameter 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The daughter of a leading painter in Bologna, Lavinia Fontana became the most famous woman artist of…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Léopold Zborowski 1916–1919 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Before moving to Paris in 1906, Modigliani studied in the academies of Florence and Venice, in Italy. In the French capital, he…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme en gris (Woman in Gray) 1942 Oil on panel, 99.7 x 81 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Throughout his career, Pablo Picasso remained devoted to rendering the human face and figure with varying degrees of naturalism, likeness, and…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le docteur Paul Gachet (Doctor Paul Gachet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 68.2 x 57 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inseparably entwined with the last period of Vincent van Gogh‘s life in Auvers, Dr Gachet was an original character. He…
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Portrait du docteur Gachet (Portrait of Dr. Gachet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 67 cm × 56 cm Private Collection, Tokyo F753-JH2007 Compare with the 2nd version: Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Le docteur Paul Gachet 1890 Musée d’Orsay, Paris …
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (Portrait of Costanza Alidosi) c.1595 Oil on canvas 157.48 x 119.39 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Lavinia Fontana depicted the Bolognese noblewoman Costanza Alidosi seated in a sparsely, yet…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Fernando VII (Portrait of Ferdinand VII) c.1814–1815 Oil on canvas, 84 x 63.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This portrait of Ferdinand VII entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1935 and appeared in its catalogues from 1937.…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Man 1640 Oil on panel, 67.1 x 55.1 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Son of a cloth merchant, Govert Flinck began his training in the studio of the painter and preacher Lambert Jacobsz. in Leeuwarden, where…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of the Emperor Charles V 1533 Oil on panel, 51.2 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists of the German Renaissance together with Albrecht Dürer.…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…