Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Matin, Paysage avec deux vaches et un personnage (Morning: Landscape with Two Cows and a Figure) c.1855–1860 Oil on canvas, 23.2 × 18 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) was born in Paris and…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568-1625) was the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) La vache enragée (The Angry Cow) 1896 Four-color lithograph, 78.42 × 57.15 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt (View of Bazincourt) 1889 Watercolor on cotton mounted to pulpboard, 20.5 x 25.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower center: “C. Pissarro. 1889.” INSCRIPTIONS: Inscribed lower left: “A mon cher Fred. Souvenir…
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…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Paradise Landscape with the Animals Entering Noah’s Ark c.1613–1615 Oil on oak, 61 × 90.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A Farm among Trees c.1670 Oil on oak, 22.1 x 28.8 cm National Gallery, London There is something rather mysterious about this rare – and tiny – landscape by Jan van der Heyden, who specialised in painting…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Prodigal Son 1618 Oil on panel, 108 × 156.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…