Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns) c.1510 Oil on oak, 73.8 × 59 cm National Gallery, London Christ stares calmly out at us from the heart of this picture, his serenity a vivid contrast to the brutality of…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Santi Andrea e Tommaso (Saints Andrew and Thomas) before 1627 Oil on canvas, 61.5 × 78.1 cm National Gallery, London Gian Lorenzo Bernini was one of the most successful sculptors and architects of seventeenth-century Rome. This image…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme nue dans un fauteuil rouge (Nude Woman in a Red Armchair) 1932 Oil on canvas, 129.9 × 97.2 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le fauteuil rouge 1931 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Walter,…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Le Petit Paysan (The Little Peasant) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 100 × 64.5 cm Tate Britain, London
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Russian War Prisoner 1916 Opaque watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper, 43.8 × 30.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Saint Francis c.1615 Oil on panel, 99 × 78.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Franciscans were among the reformed religious orders whose preaching and teaching activities helped revive the Roman Catholic Church in the Southern…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Oil on canvas, 61.1 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born of Jewish parents in the Italian coastal town of Leghorn, Amedeo Modigliani settled in Paris in 1906, where he developed friendships with Pablo…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Charles Gounod 1841 Graphite on ivory wove paper, 29.9 x 23.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Tête d’homme guillotiné (Head of a Guillotined Man) 1818–1819 Oil on panel, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Théodore Géricault painted this macabre image directly from life. The artist is known to have acquired corpses from…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1812 Plaster, 90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Inscrition: CANOVA SELPSUM F A N MDCCCXII (back shoulder).