Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder 1613–1615 Oil on panel, 95.2 x 125.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) | Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Honeysuckle Bower c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, transferred to wood, 178 x 136.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1608 after an eight-year stay in Italy. The following year he married Isabella Brant. This…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary c.1609–1610 Oil on panel, 107 x 76.7 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This portrait of an unidentified female sitter can be dated to between 1609 and 1610 when Rubens was…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment with two of her children (Clara Johanna, born in 1632, and Frans, born in 1633) c.1636 Oil on panel, 115 x 85 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted around 1636, given the ages of the…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment putting on a glove c.1632 Oil on oak, 96.6 x 69 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich When compared with the elaborate and imposing full-length portrait of Helene Fourment in the collection (inv. no. 340), the present…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of Isabella Brant c.1620–1625 Oil on wood, 53 x 46 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Isabella Brant was Rubens’s first wife. He painted her many times in many different ways before she died at the…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1939 Oil on canvas, 115.25 x 115.25 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Music was a constant part of Henri Matisse’s life and an endless source of enjoyment and inspiration. He played the violin daily,…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) La Jeune bonne (The Servant Girl) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 60.96 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Between 1915 and 1920, Amedeo Modigliani executed many portraits in a style characterized by sparse settings and figures rendered…