Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Gypsy Girl (La Bohémienne) c.1626 Oil on canvas, 58 x 52 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of “Bohemian”, inseparable from the fame of the painting, was given to her upon her entry into the Louvre (cat. Reiset).…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Femme au balcon (Woman at a Balcony) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 50.2 × 41.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Seen from below as if from street level and posed seductively in a revealing costume, this woman is…
(1773–1835) Juana María Ignacia Teresa de Cabarrús y Galabert Madame Tallien, “Notre-Dame de Thermidor” Madame Tallien in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born July 31 1773 Carabanchel Alto, Madrid (España) Died January 15 1835 Chimay (Belgium) Father…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 191 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris With Olympia, Manet reworked the traditional theme of the female nude, using a strong, uncompromising technique. Both the subject matter and its depiction explain the scandal…
(1581–1618) Fillide Melandroni in Art: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Fillide Melandroni c.1597, destroyed in 1945 Bode Museum, Berlin Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena c.1598 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Caravaggio (1571-1610) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria c.1598–1599 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Fillide Melandroni (Portrait of a Courtesan) c.1597, destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 53 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum) See also: • Fillide Melandroni