Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, orante (Philip IV in prayer) c.1655 Oil on canvas, 209 x 147 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This pair of portraits (P001220 and P001222) combines several aspects of Spanish portraiture of the Baroque period. In…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’odalisque (Odalisque) 1870 Oil on canvas, 69.2 x 122.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a sheer white blouse, short red and gold vest, and full-legged, patterned pants cinched below the knee lies back…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Madame Colonna Romano (Portrait of Colonna Romano) s.d. Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer See also: • Colonna-Romano, Gabrielle (1888-1981)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Danae 1636 Oil on canvas, 185 x 202.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Love undoubtedly also inspired Rembrandt to produce Danaë. The subject was taken from the ancient myth about a princess of Argos, whose father, the king, was…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (Childhood of the Virgin) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 53.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Francisco de Zurbarán, one of the leading painters of the Spanish Golden Age, played an important role in…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna del Libro (Madonna of the Book) 1480–1481 Tempera on panel, 58 x 39.6 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano This painting depicts the Virgin and Child reading a book that is only partially visible. The layout and decoration of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Niccolini-Cowper (The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna) 1508 Oil on panel, 80.7 x 57.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: center right on border of Madonna’s bodice: MDVIII.R.V.PIN (1508 Raphael of Urbino painted it) A woman holds and looks toward…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 65 x 71 cm Kitakyushu Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Degas presented this portrait to his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Manet. Manet looks to be listening to the piano being…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja vestida (The Clothed Maja) 1800–1807 Oil on canvas, 94.7 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid An unidentified lady wearing delicate transparent clothing and a yellow jacket with black decorations lies on a green velvet divan…