Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Kiss IV 1902 (printed c.1913) Woodcut in gray and black ink, 46.67 x 46.36 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The Kiss is a subject that Munch returned to several times from 1895 to 1902. He…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Usines à Clichy (Factories at Clichy) 1887 Oil on canvas, 53.7 x 72.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Vincent van Gogh depicted an expanse of factories billowing smoke into the air in the gritty, industrial…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Family Group in a Landscape 1645–1648 Oil on canvas, 202 x 285 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Frans Hals is widely considered the most brilliant exponent of Dutch portraiture, a genre that enjoyed immense popularity in the seventeenth century.…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 79.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned from Flemish painting, this picture provides a…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Married Couple c.1617–1618 Oil on canvas, 112 × 131 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les amants heureux (Les Amants heureux) c.1751–1755 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 121.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: L’unione felice (Four Allegories of Love: Happy Union) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 186.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1855 Watercolour on paper, 25.4 cm x 44.9 cm Tate Britain, London The tragic story of the adulterous lovers, Paolo and Francesca, is recounted in Canto V of Dante‘s Inferno, and was a…