Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Repas dans un jardin (Repast in a Garden) 1898 Oil on cardboard, 54.3 x 53.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Repas dans un jardin (1898)
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Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace (1885)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace 1885 Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was made in Nuenen in late spring 1885, just after Van Gogh completed The Potato Eaters…
Crouching human couple (1918)
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Crouching human couple / The Family (Kauerndes Menschenpaar / Die Familie) 1918 Oil on canvas, 150 × 160.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A man and a woman, both naked, crouch in the darkness of a room. A child…
L’hiver, Ramasseuses de fagots (1868-1875)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) L’hiver, Ramasseuses de fagots (Winter, The Faggot Gatherers) 1868–1875 Oil on canvas, 82 x 100 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Honoré Daumier (c.1870)
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Honoré Daumier probably 1870–1876, but possibly 1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 76.2 × 62.9 cm National Gallery, London Portraits by Daubigny are quite rare, as he was primarily a landscape painter who was closely associated with the Barbizon group.…
Lux in Tenebris (1895)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Lux in Tenebris 1895 Oil on canvas, 150.5 x 99.5 cm De Morgan Collection After Evelyn and William were married in 1887 she became particularly close to her mother-in-law Sophia De Morgan. Sophia was heavily involved with…
Proserpine (1874)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1874 Oil on canvas, 125.1 cm × 61 cm Tate Britain, London Rossetti explained the subject of Proserpine in a letter to W.A. Turner, who bought a version of the picture in 1877: The figure…
Agonia nell’orto (c.1596-1597)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Agonia nell’orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1596–1597 Oil on panel, 39.1 x 30.3 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle Against a dark background the figure of Christ kneels, his head turned right towards the figure of an angel in…
La sepoltura di Cristo (1595)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) La sepoltura di Cristo (The Burial of Christ) 1595 Oil on copper, 43.8 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This deeply moving picture was painted for one of Carracci’s patrons, Astorre di Vincenzo Sampieri, a…
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1594)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1594 Oil on copper, 25.2 × 35.2 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven