Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait d’une jeune femme (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 21.0 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Painted when Courbet was studying in Paris and making his living as a portraitist, this young woman…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Testa maschile e leone (Male Head and Lion) 1501–1508 Brush, chalk and gouache on paper, 23.2 × 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Recto: Celebrated for his lively religious narrative cycles, Carpaccio was a prolific draftsman whose vibrant brushwork, often…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Trysting Place 1875 Watercolor and gouache over traces of pastel and graphite, 30.5 x 20.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a man, bust length c.1625 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 56 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Tête de Victor Hugo (Head of Victor Hugo) c.1883 Bronze, 32 x 20 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Magdalen Reading c.1435 Oil on mahogany, transferred from another panel, 62.2 × 54.4 cm National Gallery, London A young lady in an extravagant green dress sits on the floor, reading. Although she wears fifteenth-century clothing…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Femme assise dans un jardin (Woman seated in a Garden) 1891 Oil on millboard, 66.7 × 52.8 cm National Gallery, London A young woman is seated in a garden. Although her upper body is turned slightly towards…
Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (Porträt der Frau des Künstlers) probably 1872–1873 Oil on canvas, 31.6 × 40 cm National Gallery, London Scholderer made several portraits of Luise Steurwaldt, whom he married in London on 11 February 1872. Here…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Samson and Delilah c.1609–1610 Oil on wood, 185 × 205 cm National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal. According to the Old Testament, Samson, a Jewish hero blessed…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Autorretrato (Self Portrait) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 122 × 107 cm National Gallery, London Murillo probably painted this self portrait in about 1670, when he was in his early fifties – his hairline is receding and his…