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…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Vie paysanne (Peasant Life) 1925 Oil on canvas, 100.01 x 80.01 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Marc Chagall was born into a Hasidic Jewish family in an area of the Russian Empire that is now Belarus.…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Champ et moulin à Osny (Field and Mill at Osny) 1884 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.6 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Osny (France)
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Les Demoiselles de Village (Young Ladies of the Village) 1866–1870 Etching on laid paper, 23.8 x 33.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Compare: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village 1851–1852 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Mercure et Argus (Mercury and Argus) c.1761–1762 Oil on canvas, 59 × 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les demoiselles de village (Young Ladies of the Village) 1866 (September 1) Etching on paper, 35.5 x 52.7 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village 1851–1852 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Église et ferme d’Éragny-sur-Epte (Church and Farm at Éragny-sur-Epte) c.1894–1895 Pen and ink on paper, 20.1 x 26 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa See also: • Éragny-sur-Epte (France)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) El regreso del hijo pródigo (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1667–1670 Oil on canvas, 236.3 x 261 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Murillo‘s great talent for dramatic painting is apparent in this monumental depiction of…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Étang à Ville-d’Avray (Pond at Ville-d’Avray) late 1860s Oil on fabric, 58.1 x 99.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The dreamlike quality of the painting reflects Corot’s desire to reproduce the “first Impression” of the landscape. Corot…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Walton Bridge 1754 Oil on canvas, 48.7 x 76.4 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Inscribed verso: ‘Fatto nel anno 1754 in Londra per la pri[ma] ed ultima [volta con ogni maggior attenzione] ad instanza [del Signor Cavaliere Hollis] padrone…