Tag: figure

La Maison de La Crau (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill) (F 550, JH 1577) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 53.975 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh left the cold, dreary winter in…

The Potato Eaters (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 73.9 x 95.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 78, JH 734) Test of mastery The potato eaters is the most ambitious painting of Van Gogh’s…

The Potato Eaters (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0082-JH0764 Nuenen, April-May 1885 Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult…

La Musique aux Tuileries (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries (Music in the Tuileries Gardens) 1862 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 118.1 cm National Gallery, London Portraits included in the painting: Image: The National Gallery, London 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Comte Albert de Balleroy (1828-1872) 3. Champfleury…

Le Chemin de fer (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chemin de fer (The Railway, Gare Saint-Lazare) 1873 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 111.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Gare Saint-Lazare, in 1873 the largest and busiest train station in Paris, is unseen in this painting.…

The Land of Milk and Honey (1567)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…

The Wedding Dance (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Wedding Dance 1566 Oil on panel, 119.4 x 157.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit The Wedding Dance is a splendid example of Bruegel‘s fascination with the peasant life of his native land. Public and…

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (De prediking van Johannes de Doper) 1566 Oil on oak, 95 x 160.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest ‘The peasant’: this is the name that has become associated…

Massacre of the Innocents (Romania)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Oil on wood, 115.5 x 164 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents c.1565–1567 Royal Collection, Windsor Castle     Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre…