Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman 1646 Oil on wood, 71.5 x 59.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Because of an inscription on the back, this painting was long considered a portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman, a prominent…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di donna (Portrait of a Woman) c.1550 Oil on wood, 60 x 48.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Bronzino was court painter to Cosimo I de’Medici, the Duke of Florence. Though the woman cannot be definitively identified,…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le Repos (Rest) 1879 Oil on fabric, 164.5 x 117.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland One of the most celebrated academic painters of his time, Bouguereau underscores the moral virtues of the Italian peasants in this painting…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Une vocation (A Calling) 1896 Oil on fabric, 104 x 71 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seated on a stone step in the countryside, a young girl has realized that her calling in life is to be…
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Âge Mûr (Mature Age) c.1902 Bronze group in three parts, 114 x 163 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Jeune femme cousant dans un jardin (Young woman sewing in a garden) 1880–1882 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 65 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Trois femmes aux ombrelles, Les trois grâces (Three women with parasols, The Three Graces) s.d. Oil on panel, 141.3 x 89.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) La Sorcière. Affiche pour le théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt (The witch. Poster for the Sarah-Bernhardt theatre) 1903 Lithograph, 195 x 129 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…