Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Autoritratto come giovane uomo (Self-Portrait as a Young Man) c.1548 Oil on pine panel, 45.7 × 36.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London This early and forceful self-portrait, by one of the greatest Venetian painters, was done with…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Portrait of the Artist 1859 Etching and drypoint on paper, 22.5 x 14.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Self-portrait etching by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Signed and dated 1859. The artist depicts himself full-face, bust-length, staring…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Matin, Paysage avec deux vaches et un personnage (Morning: Landscape with Two Cows and a Figure) c.1855–1860 Oil on canvas, 23.2 × 18 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) was born in Paris and…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) La Générosité (Generosity) 1894 Oil and pencil on buff paper mounted on canvas, 142.2 × 284.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was born in Lyon and only in 1847, after…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568-1625) was the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress 1642 Etching, 9.2 × 6.1 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection.…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) L’ultima cena (The Last Supper) c.1600 Tapestry, 380 × 390.2 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Tête d’homme regardant vers le haut et de côté (Head of a man looking upwards and sideways) pre 1877 Oil on canvas, 21 × 17.7 in Victoria and Albert Museum, London Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) was born in Dijon…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Tête de Maurice Utrillo (Head of Maurice Utrillo) 1928 Lithograph, 8 3/4 × 7 in Victoria and Albert Museum, London See also: • Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)