Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme au divan (Girl on a Divan) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London The artist’s grandson Denis Rouart writes (9 October 1969): ‘This painting was sold by my mother direct to Vollard…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Femme assise sur un banc (Woman Seated on a Bench) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 55.9 cm Tate Britain, London This picture has also been known under such titles as ‘In the Park’, ‘Woman in a Park’…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo c.1777 Oil on canvas, 90.2 × 69.9 cm National Gallery, London This unfinished portrait of Thomas Gainsborough’s youngest daughter, Margaret (1751–1820), playing a theorbo (a kind of lute) unites two particularly personal…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Margaret c.1772 Oil on canvas, 75.6 × 62.9 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough’s younger daughter, Margaret, was in her mid-twenties when her father painted this portrait. At the time she was still living with her elder…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Oil on canvas, 77.5 × 64.8 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough was very fond of his two daughters and painted them frequently from childhood into their late twenties. Concerned for their future, he took…
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Jeux d’enfants (Children’s Games) 1888 Woodcut printed in black on beige wove paper, 15.5 × 18.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia with Pearls in her Hair 1634 Etching, 7.9 x 6.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Uylenburgh, Saskia van (1612-1642)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) The Woodman’s Daughter 1851 Oil on canvas, 89 x 65 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London Study: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Patmore, Coventry (1823-1896)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Graphite with touches of pen and brown ink, 24.4 x 17.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This small graphite sketch is a study for a celebrated painting from 1851 by…