Tag: dress

Tête de femme (1916)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Tête de femme, Lorette (Head of a woman, Lorette) 1916 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 15.5 cm Private collection Models were hard to come by in World War I Paris. However, at the recommendation of fellow artist Georgette…

Place de la Trinité (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité 1875 Oil on canvas, 50 x 62 cm Private collection Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité c.1878 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Private collection     See…

Place de la Trinité (c.1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité (Trinity Square) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62.7 cm Private collection Painted circa 1878, Place de la Trinité represents the height of Renoir’s engagement with Impressionism and emphasizes the importance of his unique…

Square de la Trinité (1878-1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm Private collection Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Square de la Trinité depicts a Parisian park on a gloriously sunny morning. Populated by elegant figures, this verdant park is lush…

Gabrielle (c.1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Gabrielle c.1890 Pastel on paper, 55.4 x 46.3 cm Private collection Portraiture was the dominant form of Renoir’s oeuvre during the first few of decades of his career. In the 1860s and 1870s he accepted numerous paid commissions…

Isabella de’ Medici (1552-1553)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Isabella de’ Medici 1552–1553 Oil on panel 44 x 36 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Attributed to Bronzino Isabella de’ Medici, the second daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo. She was born in 1542, and in…

Maria de’ Medici (c.1555)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Maria de’ Medici c.1555 Oil on poplar, 116 x 90 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Since the early Renaissance the foremost artists and workshops in Florence had worked for the Medici. In 1570, Cosimo I became Grand-Duke of Tuscany, elevating…

Ritratto di donna anziana con libro (c.1540)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di donna anziana con libro, Maria Salviati? (Portrait of an Elderly Lady with a book, Maria Salviati?) c.1540 Oil on wood panel, 127 x 100 cm Legion of Honor, San Francisco Agnolo Bronzino executed this stoic portrait around the…