Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Femme à l’éventail (Lady with a Fan) c.1869–1870 Pastel on paper affixed to board, 42.5 x 27 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Like Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and other women who found recognition in the male-dominated…
Derain, André (1880-1954) L’offrande (The Offering) 1913 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89.5 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm Tate Britain, London This unfinished portrait is of Manet‘s wife. It is one of his later works, painted a few years before his…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Eva Gonzalès 1870 Oil on canvas, 191.1 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Manet’s only formal pupil, was a successful artist and a regular exhibitor at the Salon. This portrait was probably started in February…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin Luther 1525 Oil on oak panel, 40 x 26.6 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Martin Luther 1532 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Cranach, Lucas…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Autoritratto come giovane uomo (Self-Portrait as a Young Man) c.1548 Oil on pine panel, 45.7 × 36.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London This early and forceful self-portrait, by one of the greatest Venetian painters, was done with…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Tête d’homme regardant vers le haut et de côté (Head of a man looking upwards and sideways) pre 1877 Oil on canvas, 21 × 17.7 in Victoria and Albert Museum, London Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) was born in Dijon…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Tête de Maurice Utrillo (Head of Maurice Utrillo) 1928 Lithograph, 8 3/4 × 7 in Victoria and Albert Museum, London See also: • Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Head of Girl c.1615–1620 Oil on oak panel, 38.4 x 29.4 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…