Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 61.6 cm Tate Britain, London This self-portrait was probably painted soon after Reynolds set up a studio in London in 1753. He had spent the previous three years studying art…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait c.1775 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 61 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of Reynolds‘s most explicit attempts to rival Rembrandt as a self-portraitist. By the time he painted this work, he was the most famous…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto del Duca Francesco I d’Este (Bust of Duke Francesco I d’Este) 1650–1651 Marble, 80 x 106 x 50 cm Galleria Estense, Modena In this famous marble, the effigy of Francis I stands out as a manifesto of…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de Francisco I de Este (Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este) 1638 Oil on canvas, 68 x 51 cm Galleria Estense, Modena In 1638 Duke Francesco I d’Este undertook a diplomatic trip to the court of King Philip…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Oil on canvas, 77.5 × 64.8 cm Tate Britain, London On loan to Gainsborough’s House (Sudbury, UK). Gainsborough was very fond of his two daughters and painted them frequently from childhood into their late…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1853 Pastel and pencil on paper, 28.6 x 25.9 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Compare: Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882–1883 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham See also: • Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882–1883 Oil on panel, 30.2 x 22.9 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at 22 years of age. A young Rossetti in his mid-twenties looking directly at the…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Eugène Boch 1888 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 45.4 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Van Gogh met the Belgian painter Eugène Boch (1855-1941) in mid-June 1888, while Boch was spending a few weeks near Arles. Around 8 July, Vincent…
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Autoportrait au tableau “Baigneuses à la vache rouge” (Self-portrait with the picture “Bathers with a red cow”) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 44.8 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Baigneuses à la vache rouge 1887…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Émile Bernard 1886 Oil on canvas, 54 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Arthur Jeffress 1961. Emile Bernard was a fellow student of Toulouse-Lautrec with a reputation for artistic audacity. He…