Tag: drapery

Nu assis (c.1897)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nu assis (Seated Nude) c.1897 Oil on canvas, 40.1 x 33.8 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester

Nu couché (1922)

Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1922 Oil on canvas, 40.96 × 57.79 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee

Homère et son guide (1874)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Homère et son guide (Homer and His Guide) 1874 Oil on canvas, 208.92 x 142.88 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee See also: • Homer (fl. 9th or 8th century BC)

La Toilette de Vénus (1751)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…

La Proposition embarrassante (1715-1716)

Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Proposition embarrassante (Embarrasing Proposal) 1715–1716 Oil on canvas, 65 × 84.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was the first 18th-century French artist to create something totally new in his work, something previously unknown, in despite of the…