Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Autoritratto alla spinetta (Self-portrait at the spinet) 1577 Oil on canvas, 27 x 23.8 cm Accademia di San Luca, Roma Inscription: LAVINIA VIRGO PROSPERI FONTANAE FILIA EX SPECULO IMMAGINEM ORIS SUI EXPRESSIT ANNO MDLXXVII (Lavinia, virgin, daughter of…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Inverno (Winter) 1563 Oil on limewood, 66.6 x 50.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. On the back side: 1563 HIEMS Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and Prague since 1562. As well…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Estate (Summer) 1563 Oil on limewood, 67 x 50.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the collar and shoulders: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. 1563 On the back side: 1563 AESTAS Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy c.1435 Oil on oak, 26.6 x 19.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The middle-aged, male subject of this portrait is depicted as a half-figure who turns towards the left and is presented in front of…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) 1433 Oil on oak, 26 x 19 cm National Gallery, London This man, his face impassive and his gaze intense, is almost certainly Jan van Eyck himself. No other portraits of…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La fille du guerrier (The Warrior’s Daughter) c.1878 Oil on panel, 21.8 x 36.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Modern life was the central theme of Tissot‘s art, with a focus on bourgeois social behaviour. His genre pieces…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Yo (Self Portrait) 1901 Oil on cardboard mounted on wood, 51.4 x 31.8 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Marilee Talkington: Pablo Picasso seems to move toward us out of the darkness in this powerful Self Portrait…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Yo, Picasso (I, Picasso) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 60.5 cm Private collection
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Monsieur X (Pierre Loti) 1906 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich See also: • Loti, Pierre (1850-1923)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Madame M. (Portrait of Madame M.) c.1896 Oil on canvas, 198 x 114.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Amongst the many portraits painted by Rousseau, it is rare to find a full-length portrait and one of such a…