Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Allant au marché (Going to Market, Brittany) 1888 Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 46 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis The Pont-Aven artists often painted aspects of daily life in Brittany. In this animated scene, a couple rides…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…
Nadar (1820-1910) Charles Baudelaire c.1854 Gelatin silver print, 19.6 x 14.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Coventry Kersey Deighton Patmore 1894 Oil on canvas, 91.4 × 61 cm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • Patmore, Coventry (1823-1896)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Robert Browning 1855 Watercolor, chalk and graphite on paper, 12.1 x 10.8 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge See also: • Browning, Robert (1812-1889)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Margarita de Antioquía (Saint Margaret of Antioch) 1630–1634 Oil on canvas, 163 × 105 cm National Gallery, London The fourth-century saint Margaret was said to come from the city of Antioch. Her father, a pagan priest, cast…
Seisenegger, Jakob (1505-1567) Portrait of a Girl c.1545–1550 Oil on wood, 28.9 × 21.6 cm National Gallery, London Jakob Seisenegger was well known as a portraitist, and he travelled across Europe to paint members of the powerful Hapsburg family, including the…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Autorretrato (Self Portrait) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 122 × 107 cm National Gallery, London Murillo probably painted this self portrait in about 1670, when he was in his early fifties – his hairline is receding and his…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1860 Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 25.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Hans Velten 1931. Fantin-Latour painted a number of self portraits in the years 1854–61 which were characterised by…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Honoré Daumier probably 1870–1876, but possibly 1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 76.2 × 62.9 cm National Gallery, London Portraits by Daubigny are quite rare, as he was primarily a landscape painter who was closely associated with the Barbizon group.…