Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Una donna che si mette dei fiori nei capelli (A Woman Putting Flowers in Her Hair) c.1710 Watercolor on ivory in a tortoiseshell pique-point frame, 8.6 x 10.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Scholars generally agree that…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme au divan (Girl on a Divan) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London The artist’s grandson Denis Rouart writes (9 October 1969): ‘This painting was sold by my mother direct to Vollard…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Oil on canvas, 77.5 × 64.8 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough was very fond of his two daughters and painted them frequently from childhood into their late twenties. Concerned for their future, he took…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia with Pearls in her Hair 1634 Etching, 7.9 x 6.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Uylenburgh, Saskia van (1612-1642)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Jephthah 1867 Oil on canvas, 127 x 162.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 158.3 × 100.5 cm National Gallery, London Saint George plunges his lance into the jaws of the dragon which, according to legend, inhabited the…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour (Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid) 1753 Oil on canvas, 168.3 × 192.4 cm National Gallery, London This painting illustrates an episode from the classical story of Cupid…
Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Allegoria della pittura (Allegory of Painting) 1730s Pastel and red chalk on blue laid paper mounted on canvas, 44.3 × 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up, a young woman with pale, smooth skin…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Autoritratto come suonatrice di liuto (Self-Portrait as a Lute Player) c.1615–1618 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 71.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the leading painters of the seventeenth century thanks to her innovative style, use…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman in Profile (possibly Saskia) c.1636 Oil on panel, 68.6 x 78.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Uylenburgh, Saskia van (1612-1642)