Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia with Pearls in her Hair 1634 Etching, 7.9 x 6.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton See also: • Uylenburgh, Saskia van (1612-1642)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Bridge of Sighs 1858 Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper, 17.6 × 12.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The etching was made as an illustration to Thomas Hood’s poem ‘The Bridge of Sighs’,…
Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent van Gogh sur son lit de mort (Vincent van Gogh on His Deathbed) 1890 Etching in black on tan laid paper, 12.1 × 16.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent Van Gogh à son…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Hare Hunters 1566 Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 21.5 × 29.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This etching might represent two related proverbs popularized by the philosopher/writer Erasmus in the mid-1500s: “He who…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Portrait du critique Gustave Geffroy (Portrait of the Critic Gustave Geffroy) c.1890 Etching in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper, 21.7 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Geffroy, Gustave (1855-1926)
Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Édouard Manet c.1867 Etching on ivory laid paper, 15.5 × 11.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)