Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Maison abandonnée près d’Aix-en-Provence (Abandoned House near Aix-en-Provence) 1885 Oil on canvas, 66.04 × 82.55 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Paul Cézanne‘s landscape paintings are often centered on houses, virtually all empty, abandoned, or ruined. But…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Chemin à l’Hermitage (Road to L’Hermitage) 1874 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Chemin à l’Hermitage is part of a group of works that Camille Pissarro painted in 1873–1874,…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1530s Oil on wood, 95.6 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Artist in his Studio c.1628 Oil on panel, 24.8 x 31.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A young artist stands in a nearly empty studio, brushes in hand. Rather than showing the artist in the act of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) An Elderly Man as Saint Paul probably 1659 Oil on canvas, 102 x 85.5 cm National Gallery, London Between the late 1650s and early 1660s Rembrandt painted a series of intimate half-length pictures of religious figures. He seems…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Supper at Emmaus 1648 Oil on mahogany, 68 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Scene taken from the Gospel of Saint Luke (XXIV, 13-33), in which Christ, the day after his resurrection, reveals his divinity to…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Abraham receiving the three angels of the Lord c.1680–1685 Oil on canvas, 120 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Episode taken from the Bible (Genesis, XVIII, 6-15). In the background, Sarah, Abraham’s old wife, who will…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Gathering Flowers in a French Garden 1888 Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 55.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Buoyed by his artistic success in Boston, Hassam sought instruction in Paris at the prestigious Académie Julian in 1886. Although…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Fireplace 1912 Oil on canvas, 14 x 21 cm Private Collection
