Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Eva Gonzalès 1870 Oil on canvas, 191.1 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Manet’s only formal pupil, was a successful artist and a regular exhibitor at the Salon. This portrait was probably started in February…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin Luther 1525 Oil on oak panel, 40 x 26.6 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Martin Luther 1532 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Cranach, Lucas…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Ecce Homo 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
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…
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…
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)
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (Savoyard with a Marmot) 1716 Oil on canvas, 40.5 × 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Antoine Watteau was one of the most brilliant artists of the early 18th century. His work gave rise…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…