Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the finest Renaissance drawings, The Dream is amongst The Courtauld’s greatest treasures. The meaning of this enigmatic work is elusive,…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam and Eve 1526 Oil on panel, 117 x 80 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Adam and Eve are depicted at the fateful moment when they disobey God and commit the first sin. The story…
(1892–1984) Мария Брониславовна Воробьёва-Стебельская Maria Bronislavovna Vorobyova-Stebelskaya Marevna Vorobev-Stebelska The artist’s works: Self Portrait 1931 Private collection Marie Vorobieff in Art: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Marevna c.1915 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born February 26 1892 Cheboksary (Russia) Died…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish 1837–1838 Oil on canvas, 174.5 × 224.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this massive painting, celebrated British landscape artist Joseph Mallord William Turner pursued a theme of…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Oil on canvas, 51 × 76.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 1870s James McNeill Whistler took a radical step toward abstraction with his Nocturnes series. In…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…
(1733–1805) Frances in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Pont de Waterloo (Waterloo Bridge) 1906 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 101 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Waterloo Bridge is one of the series of canvases Derain painted in London for the art dealer…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Parlement de Londres (London Parliament) 1903 Oil on canvas, 81 x 92 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre See also: • Palace of Westminster (London)