Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Toilet of Bathsheba 1643 Oil on wood, 57.2 x 76.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rembrandt shows the biblical figure Bathsheba completely nude, lost in a moment of contemplation and unaware that she is being observed…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes c.1680 Oil on canvas, 138 x 190 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Institution of the Eucharist 1664–1665 Oil on canvas, 137 x 155 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Dated quite early in the artist’s work, around 1664–1665. – Another reduced version at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Roy, no P 10).…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Odysseus and Calypso c.1680 Oil on canvas, 125 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Greek poet Homer recounts how the heroic warrior Odysseus found refuge on the island of the nymph Calypso. The Trojan War is over:…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Cleopatra’s Banquet c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 95.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra made a bet with Mark Antony on who could give the most lavish banquet. She won by dissolving a priceless pearl in vinegar and…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Judith at the banquet of Holofernes 1634 Oil on canvas, 143 x 154.7 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the past various authors have expressed their scepticism about the attribution of the painting to Rembrandt. However, the Rembrandt Research…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Writing c.1905–1909 Oil on canvas, 82.71 x 80.49 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le peintre et sa famille (The Painter and his Family) c.1939 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 123.8 cm Tate Britain, London
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte au crâne (Still Life with a Skull) 1912 Oil on canvas, 72 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le chevalier X, l’homme au journal (Portrait of a Man with a Newspaper) 1911–1914 Oil on canvas, 162.5 x 97.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Chevalier X was the name that the poet Guillaume Apollinaire invented for Derain’s…