Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La pêche (Fishing) c.1862–1863 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 123.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Patterned after elements in landscapes by Peter Paul Rubens, the present painting gives currency to Delacroix‘s recommendation to Manet: “Look…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) En bateau (Boating) 1874 Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 130.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet summered at Gennevilliers in 1874, often spending time with Monet and Renoir across the Seine at Argenteuil, where Boating…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1901 or 1902 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gauguin based this formidable composition on a photograph of two women seated side by side on the…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Vaprio d’Adda 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York By carefully staging the sunlight hitting the facades rising above the Adda River, Bellotto picks out the north Italian villages of…
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Nymphenburg Palace, Munich c.1761 Oil on canvas, 68.4 x 119.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Nymphenburg Palace (Munich)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) 1580s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 57.2 cm Private collection
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Isabella de’ Medici Orsini con un cane (Isabella de’ Medici Orsini with a Dog) early 1560s Oil on panel, 88 × 71 cm Private collection, England See also: • Medici, Isabella de’ (1542-1576)
Bronzino (1503-1572) Costanza da Sommaia c.1540 Oil on panel, 43.2 x 28.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Sommaia, Costanza da