Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Le Garde (The Guard) 1889 Oil on canvas, 21-7/8 x 18-3/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Gérôme was schooled in the rigorous exactitude of the French academic tradition as well as Romanticism’s taste for the exotic. He is…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1510 Oil on canvas, 151 x 89 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Attributed to Botticelli, a painter in whom Nélie André was particularly interested, this painting represents a famous biblical episode—the flight…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Natività (The Nativity) c.1522 Fresco transferred to canvas, 254.5 × 131 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pietro di Cristoforo Vanucci called Perugino (ca. 1450-1523) may have trained with Andrea Verrocchio and subsequently with Piero della Francesca in 1480. He…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza (Don Quixote and Sancho Panza) 1866–1868 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 33 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1873 Oil on canvas, 350 × 507 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Study: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été before 1873 National Gallery, London Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (Adoration of the Shepherds) late 15th-early 16th century Oil on canvas (probably transferred from wood), 163 × 163.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori c.1496 National Gallery, London
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le matin (Morning) s.d. Wood engraving on chine collé, 15 x 22 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From the series, “Four Times of the Day” (1830–1875). Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Matin, d’après Millet 1890 Hermitage…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Matin, d’après Millet (Morning, Going to Work, after Millet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le matin s.d. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Symphonie pastorale (The Pastoral Symphony) 1916–1920 Oil on canvas, 130 × 160 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Flight into Egypt 1462 Oil on wood, 47 x 26 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Triptych Left panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint John the Baptist 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris Right panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint…