Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Laura 1506 Canvas on (old) spruce wood, 41 × 33.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The young lady in a red, fur-lined coat, named after the laurel (lauro) that entails her, is, with the exception of the “Vanitas” in…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El matemático (The Mathematician) 1918 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 80.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Berthe Morisot et sa fille, Julie Manet (Berthe Morisot and her daughter Julie Manet) 1894 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.5 cm Private collection Berthe Morisot et sa fille, Julie Manet is a rare and intimate depiction…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Self-Portrait 1906 Oil on canvas, 69.8 × 53 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The famous collection of artists’ self-portraits housed in the Vasari Corridor in Florence, which links the Uffizi Gallery with the Palazzo Pitti, goes…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter c.1872 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 53.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit In this painting, Whistler explores problems in technique and composition, as well as his own…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Autoportrait ou Corot, la palette à la main (Self Portrait or Corot, palette in hand) c.1835 Oil on canvas, 33 × 25 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Uffizi asked Corot for a self-portrait in 1872. Shortly after…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet endormi (Jean Monet Sleeping) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 50 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Ernest Hoschedé et sa fille Marthe (Ernest Hoschedé with his daughter Marthe) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 130 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The Portrait of Ernest Hoschedé and his Daughter is…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La femme à la rose (Woman with a Rose) 1884 Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 60.3 cm Private collection The presence of women in Caillebotte‘s work is rare relative to his contemporaries, such as Edgar Degas and…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fillette au chapeau bleu (Girl with Blue Hat) 1881 Oil on canvas, 40 x 35 cm Private collection See also: • Henriot, Jane (1878-1900)