Tag: dagger

Le combat du Giaour et Hassan (1826)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Le combat du Giaour et Hassan (The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan) 1826 Oil on canvas, 59.6 × 73.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This colorful scene was inspired by a poem from Lord Byron’s “Oriental tales,”…

Dague: Algues (1900)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Dague: Algues (Dagger: Seaweed) 1900 Bronze with golden-brown patina, 13 x 12 x 50 cm Petit Palais, Paris

Lucrezia (c.1539)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Lucrezia (Lucretia) c.1539 Watercolor over black chalk, 29.8 x 20.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Le torero mort (1864)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le torero mort (The Dead Toreador) probably 1864 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 153.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a low perspective, we look at a man wearing black and white, lying on the ground…

Lucretia (1666)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Lucretia 1666 Oil on canvas, 110.17 x 92.28 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis