Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la ville (Dance in the city) 1883 Oil on canvas, 179.7 x 89.1 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la campagne (Dance in the countryside) 1883 Oil on canvas, 180.3 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format and…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Danse à la campagne (Dance in the countryside) c.1883 Black pencil on paper, 24.5 x 12.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signed lower left: ‘Renoir’. This is a study for the large painting at MM. Durand-Ruel, engraved…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Nymphs of the Moon 1896 Tempera on paper, 32.8 x 24.8 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à la campagne (Marriage Contract and Country Dance) c.1711 Oil on canvas, 47 × 55 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Known as a painter of “fêtes galantes”, Watteau combines a depiction of…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Bal à Suresnes (At the Suresnes Ball) 1903 Oil on canvas, 180 × 145.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Suresnes (France)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Une danse sur la musique du temps (A Dance to the Music of Time) c.1634–1636 Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 104 cm Wallace Collection, London
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Jardin d’amour (Love garden) c.1925 Oil on panel, 36.8 x 46 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection The characters of a masked ball appear in a garden framed, like a stage, by tall trees. To…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Decollazione del Battista e Banchetto di Erode (Beheading of the Baptist and Herod’s Banquet) c.1427–1428 Tempera on poplar, 19.5 x 22 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris