Tag: England

Ophelia (1889)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1889 Oil on canvas, 97.79 x 158.12 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

The Lady of Shalott (1888)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) The Lady of Shalott 1888 Oil on canvas, 153 x 200 cm Tate Britain, London The picture illustrates the following lines from part IV of Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’: And down the river’s dim expanse…

Capriccio con colonna (c.1754)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con colonna (English Landscape Capriccio with a Column) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 106.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around…

Capriccio con palazzo (c.1754)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con palazzo (English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace) c.1754 Oil on canvas, 134 x 108.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone…

Whalers (c.1845)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Whalers c.1845 Oil on canvas, 91.8 x 122.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Turner was seventy years old when Whalers debuted to mixed reviews at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1845. Its subject…

La Grenouillère (1869)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Grenouillère (Bathers at La Grenouillère) 1869 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm National Gallery, London During the summer of 1869, Monet and Renoir set up their easels at La Grenouillère, a boating and bathing resort on the Seine River, not far…

Pala delle Convertite (c.1491-1494)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala delle Convertite (The Trinity with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist) c.1491–1494 Tempera on panel, 215 x 192 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Trinity with Saints is one of the most important paintings by Botticelli…

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480–1485 Tempera and oil on wood, 37.5 x 28.3 cm National Gallery, London This apparently simple portrait of a young man was revolutionary in Italian painting. Until this moment, artists…

Natività mistica (1500)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…