Tag: England

Sant’Antonio da Padova (1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Sant’Antonio da Padova (Saint Anthony of Padua) c.1504–1505 Oil on wood, 24 x 16 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London This panel was originally part of the base (predella) of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). The Colonna Altarpiece Raffaello (1483-1520) Pala Colonna…

Noli me Tangere (1528)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Noli me Tangere 1528 Oil on oak panel, 76.7 x 95.8 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Image: Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Erasmus (1523)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus 1523 Oil on wood, 73.6 x 51.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Longford Castle collection, © Longford Castle Collection Erasmus (1466/9 – 1536) was one of the most famous writers of his day…

Portrait of Henry VIII of England (c.1537)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of Henry VIII of England c.1537 Oil on panel, 28 x 20 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portraiture was the most popular genre in sixteenth-century England, and indeed one of the few available to artists following the…

Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus (1868)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus (Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus) 1868 Oil on canvas, 115.7 x 72.8 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford After twice failing the entrance exam to train as a naval officer, Édouard Manet (1832–83) went to Paris to pursue…

Otto Scholderer

(1834–1902) Otto Franz Scholderer The artist’s works: Lilac c.1860–1902 National Gallery, London Portrait of the Artist’s Wife probably 1872–1873 National Gallery, London The Artist’s Wife on the Ottoman 1873 Städel Museum, Frankfurt Oysters 1891 National Museum Wales, Cardiff Otto Scholderer in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)…

L’Escargot (1953)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) L’Escargot (The Snail) 1953 Gouache on paper, cut and pasted on paper mounted on canvas, 286.4 x 287 cm Tate Britain, London © Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2010

Alphonse Legros

(1837–1911) The artist’s works: Portrait de l’artiste s.d. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Cupidon et Psyché exhibited 1867 Tate Britain, London Répétition du service c.1870 Tate Britain, London Portrait de femme 1875 National Gallery of Art, Washington Extase poétique 1876 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Tête d’homme…