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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man Holding a Black Hat c.1637 Oil on panel, 79.5 x 69.4 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Henry James 1913 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 67.3 cm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • James, Henry (1843-1916)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bohémien (The Bohemian) 1861–1862, date of rework: 1867 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 55.3 x 2.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi The pose of this young man with a bent wrist recalls Renaissance painting and endows the work with…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait d’Henriette Henriot (Portrait of Henriette Henriot) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46.5 cm Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’, Winterthur See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Oil on canvas, 58 x 48.5 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Pierre Auguste Renoir is certainly the artist who most often portrayed Claude Monet and his wife Camille Doncieux. The ten or so paintings he dedicated…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Georges Charpentier 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Charpentier, Marguerite-Louise (1848-1904)