Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge, Brouillard sur la Tamise (Charing Cross Bridge: Fog on the Thames) 1903 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Between 1899 and 1901, Monet visited London three times, for a…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard (Waterloo Bridge. Effect of Fog) 1903 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 101 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is just one of a series of famous views of London created by…
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Hoschedé 1871 Etching on paper, 30.1 x 19.6 cm British Museum, London See also: • Hoschedé, Ernest (1837-1891)
(1945–2015) Peter Nigel Terry Filmography as Actor: The Lion in Winter 1968 Director: Anthony Harvey Starring: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn Excalibur 1981 Director: John Boorman Starring: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren Caravaggio 1986 Director: Derek Jarman Starring:…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Moulin Huet Bay, Guernesey c.1883 Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 54 cm National Gallery, London This picture shows the view across Moulin Huet Bay on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Renoir seems to have recreated the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Philips Lucasz 1635 Oil on oak, 79.5 x 58.9 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made in 1635, when Rembrandt was 29 years old, just over three years after he had set up his studio…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip 1661 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was married to Jacob Trip – an extremely wealthy merchant and arms dealer – for…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was the wife of Jacob Trip and their two portraits were made to hang together,…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97 cm National Gallery, London This wise-looking old man is Jacob Trip. He was one of the biggest arms dealers during one of the most turbulent periods of…
