Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Adoration of the Magi 1598–1600 Oil on copperplate, 26.5 x 35.2 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 National Gallery, London
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione di Gesù Bambino (Adoration of the Christ Child) c.1480 Tempera on canvas, diameter 33 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Filippino Lippi was the son of the artist-monk, Fra Filippo Lippi, and himself a pupil of Botticelli. This…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Sous les arbres (Beneath the Trees) 1897–1899 Oil on cardboard mounted on canvas, 53 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection In March 1899 Maurice Denis explained in his diary the difference between the…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Les Jockeys (The Jockeys) 1882 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 45 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection «In our family,» Toulouse-Lautrec quipped, «once baptised, one is in the saddle.» Lautrec‘s father was a fanatical -and somewhat…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Pont de la Concorde 1913–1915 Oil on canvas, 60 × 83.2 cm Tate Britain, London A view from the Pont de la Concorde in Paris, looking up the Seine towards the Ile de la Cité and Notre-Dame. The other…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Sisley settled in Marly-le-Roi in the spring of 1875 and stayed for three years, so he was there to…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly 1876 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly 1876 Museo…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Based in Marly-le-Roi from 1874 to 1877, Sisley executed a group of seven paintings on the flooding…
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Three Seated Figures 1941 Indian ink with charcoal, wax crayon on papel mounted on board, 48 x 37 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved Drawing became an ideal medium for the British sculptor…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il giudizio di Salomone (The Judgement of Solomon) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 250.8 x 308 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This large-format canvas is a superb example of Italian Baroque painting. In this strongly narrative scene,…