Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Melancholy 1532 Oil on panel, 61 x 97 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The sixteenth-century artist Lucas Cranach has become very popular in recent years, prompting a steady succession of exhibitions featuring his mysterious images. SMK…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le pont de l’Europe c.1876 Oil on canvas Private collection Compare: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” 1876 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Pont de l’Europe 1876 Musée du Petit Palais, Genève …
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promenade avec le pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil (The Promenade with the Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 53.7 x 72.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This work was painted in the year…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1879 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 61.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This vibrant, colorful work depicts a young, unidentified model that Pierre Auguste Renoir painted at his studio in the Montmartre district…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Coco (Portrait of Coco, Claude Renoir) 1903–1904 Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 24 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Portrait of Renoir’s third son Claude, nicknamed “Coco,” born in 1901, which points to a dating of the…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1756 Oil on canvas, 205 × 161 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Madame de Pompadour was the official mistress of King Louis XV of France. She gained great influence and also…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) The Antipope 1941–1942 Oil on canvas, 160.8 x 127.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Max Ernst settled in New York in 1941 after escaping from Europe with the help of…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Julie Manet au chat, d’après Auguste Renoir (Julie Manet with a cat, after Auguste Renoir) c.1889 Drypoint on paper, 14.8 x 12 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The painting by Renoir is in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Portrait de Berthe Morisot (Portrait of Berthe Morisot) c.1876 Drypoint, 26.2 x 17.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also: • Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino in un paesaggio con Tobiolo e l’angelo (Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Tobias and the Angel) c.1535–1540 Oil on panel, 85.2 x 120.3 x 1.7 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting was described by…