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Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1630)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (after Raphael) 1630 Oil on panel, 90.2 x 67.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is a copy by Peter Paul Rubens of a renowned portrait of the Italian author and diplomat Baldassare…

Young Girl with Cherry Blossom (c.1867-1872)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Young Girl with Cherry Blossom c.1867–1872 Oil on canvas, 139.3 x 73.3 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This canvas is the central section of a larger decorative work commissioned by the Liverpool shipping magnate Frederick Leyland.…

Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (1875)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…

Compianto sul Cristo morto (1305)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation of Christ) 1305 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova Compare: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón 1931 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia    

Portrait d’une femme polonaise (1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…

Fille avec chien (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Fille avec chien (Girl with Dog) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Painted a year before the first impressionist exhibition in Paris, this canvas has all the characteristics that would become associated with the…

Madame Cézanne au chapeau vert (1891-1892)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne au chapeau vert (Madame Cézanne with Green Hat) 1891–1892 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Cézanne painted at least 29 portraits of his wife, Marie-Hortense Fiquet. Here she appears in a green upholstered…