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L’Immortalité (1889)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité (Immortality) 1889 Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 87.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The personification of Immortality holds the palm of victory and scatters flowers onto a tomb inscribed ‘DELACROIX’. Behind, the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral…

La foire aux chevaux (1855)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La foire aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) 1855 Oil on canvas, 120 × 254.6 cm National Gallery, London This is a painting of sheer animal power. Brilliant white light builds up the turbulence and excitement of the scene.…

Il Canal Grande, Venezia (c.1760)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Canal Grande, Venezia (The Grand Canal, Venice) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 73 × 119.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although he did not begin to paint views (vedute) until he was in his mid-40s, Francesco Guardi soon…

The Bowman (1882)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Bowman (frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi) 1882 Etching in black on cream wove paper, 18.7 × 13.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This etching is one of two prints that Sir Lawrence…

La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise (St Paul’s Cathedral seen from the Thames) 1906 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 81.92 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis After the great financial success of Claude Monet‘s views of the…

Piazza San Marco (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Piazza San Marco 1881 Oil on canvas, 65.41 x 81.28 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis On his tour of Italy, Renoir made a stop in Venice in late October 1881. His Venetian canvases focus primarily on…