Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) L’Italienne (The Italian Woman) 1916 Oil on canvas, 116.7 x 89.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Matisse often painted the same subject in versions that range from relatively realistic to more abstract or schematic. At times the transition…
Guercino (1591-1666) Papa Gregorio XV (Pope Gregory XV) c.1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 133.7 × 98.4 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino or simply Guercino, meaning “The Squinter”, a nickname referring to a congenital eye condition from which…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini (Portrait of Pope Urban VIII Barberini) c.1631–1632 Oil on canvas, 70 x 65 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Upon his election in 1623, Maffeo Barberini chose the name Urban to emphasize, among other…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Edgar Allan Poe 2nd half 19th century Ink (etching) on paper, 41 x 28.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo See also: • Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie (Portrait of Zelie) 1853 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy See also: • Courbet, Zélie (1828-1875)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Portrait de Michel Monet bébé (Portrait of Michel Monet as a baby) 1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 46 x 37 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Monet, Michel (1878-1966)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) c.1692 Oil on canvas, 63 x 49 cm Pio Monte della Misericordia, Napoli
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (Cup of Chocolate) c.1914 Oil on canvas, 58.3 x 49.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Depicted at a café table in a moment of quiet reverie, Renoir‘s model invites us to pause and imagine the swirls…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (The Cup of Chocolate) 1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 100.8 x 81.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Femme prenant du chocolat c.1912 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat c.1914…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, dit Bébé Jean (Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, also called ‘Baby Jean’) 1878 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm Private collection See also: • Hoschedé, Jean-Pierre (1877-1961)