Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Lavanderas en el bajo de Belgrano (Washerwomen in Belgrano) 1865 Oil on canvas, 102 x 126.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The first institutional destination of Lavanderas en el Bajo de Belgrano was the…
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Un alto en el campo (A stop on the field) 1861 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 166.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The newspaper La Tribuna published commentaries most likely by Miguel Cané (Senior)…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Il miracolo dei pani e dei pesci (The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes) c.1545–1550 Oil on canvas, 154.9 x 407.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A crowd gathers in Tintoretto’s sprawling depiction of one…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Lavanda dei piedi (Washing of the Feet) 1548–1549 Oil on canvas, 210 x 533 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This scene from the New Testament (John 13, 1-20) shows the moment just before the Last Supper, when…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace 1827 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting, one of two views of Mortlake Terrace painted by Turner, is a view from the house, looking directly…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Chiens de chasse et lièvre mort (Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare) 1857 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 148.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Set in a forest, two hunting dogs face off as they await…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Après la chasse (After the Hunt) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 236.2 x 186.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In style, scale, and composition, this work strongly resembles Courbet’s first hunting scene, The Quarry, a great…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village (Young Ladies of the Village) 1851–1852 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 261 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, which initiated a series of pictures devoted to the lives of women,…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La pêche (Fishing) c.1862–1863 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 123.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Patterned after elements in landscapes by Peter Paul Rubens, the present painting gives currency to Delacroix‘s recommendation to Manet: “Look…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Tama, le chien japonais (Tama, the Japanese Dog) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small, shaggy, black and white dog stands in a wood paneled room with its body…