Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête d’homme et nu assis (Head of a Man and Seated Nude) 1964 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Produced late in Picasso’s career, many years after the Cubist period that defined…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) s.d. Pen and brown ink with brown wash, over black chalk, 33.5 x 23.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton One of Spain’s most celebrated seventeenth-century artists, Murillo painted numerous…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Estudios de cabeza y oreja (Studies of a Head and Ear) 1665–1670 Red and black chalk, 18.4 x 14.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The descriptive use of red and black chalk to depict color is…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Verre, couteau et assiette de fruits (Tumbler, Knife, and Plate of Fruit) 1918 Graphite, 25.8 x 33.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The Spanish-born painter and draftsman Juan Gris studied mathematics and engineering in Madrid for two…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Monje hablando con una anciana (Monk Talking to an Old Woman) c.1825 Watercolor, 5.7 x 5.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton In December 1825, Goya wrote to his friend Joaquín Ferrer, “It is true that last…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Adoración de los Reyes Magos (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 190.8 x 146.1 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo became the leading painter in devoutly Catholic Seville, Spain, from…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Agonía en el huerto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 102.2 x 113.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo With his intensely personal style, El Greco (“the Greek”) is one of the most original…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme au chapeau noir (Woman in a Black Hat) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Artist and model Fernande Olivier (1881–1966) is the subject of this early Cubist portrait by Pablo…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Pichet gothique aux femmes (Gothic pitcher with women) 1948 Terracotta, 32 x 21.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Lord Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) s.d. Lithograph on paper, 15.8 x 14.6 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)