Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Cleopatra’s Banquet c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 95.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra made a bet with Mark Antony on who could give the most lavish banquet. She won by dissolving a priceless pearl in vinegar and…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le peintre et sa famille (The Painter and his Family) c.1939 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 123.8 cm Tate Britain, London This symbolic painting represents the life of an artist. It is an invented scene. Despite usually working…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Les vacanciers sur la plage à Trouville (Vacationers on the Beach at Trouville) 1864 Oil on canvas, 67.31 x 104.14 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This is one of Eugène Boudin‘s many paintings of the Normandy…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage (Beach Scene) c.1865–1867 Oil on panel, 34.7 x 57.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland On a beach where a strong breeze moves off the water from left to right, figures of French women,…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Jetée et quai de Trouville (Jetty & Wharf at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 34.8 x 58 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 34.8 x 57.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About two dozen men and women sit in straight-backed, wooden chairs gathered along a sandy beach…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage à Tourgéville-les-Sablons (The Beach at Tourgéville-les-Sablons) 1893 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 74.3 cm National Gallery, London Tourgéville-les-Sablons, with its great sweep of beach, lies on the Normandy coast between Deauville and Benerville. Here, the two…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage, Dieppe (On the Beach, Dieppe) 1864 Oil on wood, 31.8 x 29.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The changing skies of France‘s Channel coast and the fashionable crowds on the resort beaches…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage à Trouville (On the Beach at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 26.7 × 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin, a native of Honfleur, began painting scenes of fashionable beach resorts along…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cane Aldrovandi (Aldrovandi Dog) c.1625 Oil on canvas, 112 x 173.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Canine portraits appear from the late 16th century forward, as dogs became beloved pets and, for the nobility, status symbols. This life-size…