Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Serapio (Saint Serapion) 1628 Oil on canvas, 120.2 x 104 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Saint Serapion was a monk who gave his life to liberate Christians captured during the thirteenth century in North Africa. The…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait (F 268, JH 1299) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 34 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Throughout his short career, van Gogh was fascinated with his own features and painted numerous portraits of himself. This…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Blind Man (Der Blinde) 1896 Oil on canvas, 66 x 53.2 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait with Physalis (Selbstbildnis mit Lampionfrüchten) 1912 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 39.8 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna
Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Autorretrato (Self-portrait) 1936–1937 Lithograph, 58 × 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, Siqueiros was one of the three mural painters known collectively as Los tres grandes (The Three…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Portrait of a Young Woman c.1898 Pastel on paper, 43 x 57.45 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di gentiluomo (Portrait of a Gentleman of the Emo? Family) c.1565–1570 Oil on canvas, 125.7 x 100.3 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La Mariée (The Bride) 1879 Pastel on canvas, 46.4 x 38.5 cm Private collection See also: • Guérard-Gonzalès, Jeanne (1852-1924)
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) At the Piano 1902, 1908 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 66.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati