Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Tête de femme, de profil (Head of a Woman in Profile) 1905 Drypoint, 29.2 x 24.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Derain, Alice (1884-1975)
Tête de femme, de profil (1905)
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A Souvenir of Velazquez (1868)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) A Souvenir of Velazquez 1868 Oil on canvas, 102.7 x 82.4 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The expressionistic brushwork and broad colouring of Millais‘s diploma work contrasts with the restrained naturalism of his earlier Pre-Raphaelite paintings. This…
La nymphe de Fontainebleau (1542-1543)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) La nymphe de Fontainebleau (The Nymph of Fontainebleau) 1542–1543 Bronze, 205 x 409 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by François I and executed in 1542–1543, in the workshop of the Hôtel de Nesle in Paris, with the assistance…
Perseo con la testa di Medusa (1545-1554)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Perseo con la testa di Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1545–1554 Bronze, h. 519 cm Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa 1804–1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
Saliera (1540-1543)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
El marco (1938)
Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) El marco (The Frame) 1938 Oil on aluminum, framed in glass, 28.5 × 20.7 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris This uncompromising self-portrait depicts the artist’s face free of the stereo-typical female aesthetics dictated by social convention. Frida Kahlo…
Autoportrait (1900)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1900 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Madame Cézanne en bleu (1888-1890)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne en bleu (Madame Cézanne in Blue) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 74.1 × 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Paul Cézanne produced more than 40 painted portraits of his wife, Hortense Fiquet, during their roughly three decades…
Death and the Maiden (1915)
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Death and the Maiden (Tod und Mädchen) 1915 Oil on canvas, 150 × 180 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Portrait de deux fillettes (1890-1892)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de deux fillettes (Portrait of Two Little Girls) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 55 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Renoir was very fond of representing two young girls enjoying the same pastime together. This was one of…