Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’Alice Derain (Portrait of Alice Derain) 1920–1921 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 73.5 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Derain met Alice Géry, then married to the young mathematician and Bergson enthusiast Maurice Princet, in the autumn of…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Family Portrait 1621 Oil on canvas, 113.5 x 93.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In this, one of the most marvellous works by the famous Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, the compact composition creates an impression of…
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…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1490 Tempera on wood, 44 x 32 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Giovanni de’ Medici bambino (Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child) 1545 Oil on panel, 58 x 45.6 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ (1543-1562)