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…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Le Chahut” (Study for “Le Chahut”) 1889 Oil on canvas, 55.24 x 46.99 cm; with the artist’s frame, 67.63 x 58.42 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Study for Le Chahut is the larger and later of…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of a Woman c.1760 Oil on canvas, 75.6 x 63.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Les Soupeurs (The Diners) 1901 Oil on cardboard, 47.3 x 62.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Figures sur une plage (Figures on a Beach) c.1863 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 45.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) A Boating Party c.1889 Oil on canvas, 88.3 x 91.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence