Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le héron aux ailes déployées (The Heron with Outstretched Wings) 1867 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Deposit of the Jeu de Paume museum, 1979 (inv. D79.1.5) Compare: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Nature morte au héron 1867…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 Oil on canvas, 126 × 99.5 cm National Gallery, London Mrs Siddons (1755–1831) was the greatest tragic actress of her time, remaining at the top of her profession for 30 years. Gainsborough painted her in the…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • The Aeneid (English) | Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 92.2 × 80.8 cm National Gallery, London A life-size figure stands before us, holding a skull in one hand and gesticulating with the other. Shown close up, the…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Trompette à cheval de la Garde impériale de Napoléon (Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard) 1813–1814 Oil on canvas, 60.4 x 49.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Between 1812 and 1814, while Napoleon‘s armies waged war across Europe,…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le chapeau en plumes d’autruche (The Ostrich-Feather Hat) 1918 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 38.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford From 1917 until 1930, Matisse spent much of his time in the resort city of Nice in southern France. During…