Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of the Emperor Charles V 1533 Oil on panel, 51.2 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists of the German Renaissance together with Albrecht Dürer.…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Henri Rochefort (Portrait of Henri Rochefort) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 66.5 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg See also: • Rochefort, Victor Henri (1831-1913)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Manet dans la serre (Madame Manet in the Conservatory) 1879 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo See also: • Manet, Suzanne (1830-1906)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot à l’éventail (Berthe Morisot with a Fan) 1874 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Berthe Morisot à l’éventail 1874 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Fillette sur un banc (Young Girl on a Bench) 1880 Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The young girl depicted in this portrait was the daughter of one of Manet‘s acquaintances in the Parisian…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Régalade (Boy with Pitcher) 1862–1872 Oil on canvas, 61.8 × 54.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “X-radiographs have revealed that this painting is a fragment of Les Gitanes, a large portrait of a gypsy family exhibited…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot c.1869–1873 Oil on fabric, 74 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death. This…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Verlaine (Portrait of Verlaine) 1867 Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45.1 cm Private collection A false signature Gustave Courbet covered the real Frédéric Bazille. Signed F. Bazille, dated 1867 and dedicated “à mon cher ami le…