Tag: figure

Les étoiles filantes (1847-1849)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les étoiles filantes (The shooting stars) 1847–1849 Oil on board, 18.7 x 34.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This purely imaginary subject is unusual among Millet’s works. It refers to Dante‘s ‘Inferno‘ which in one section describes the…

Jephthah (1867)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Jephthah 1867 Oil on canvas, 127 x 162.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff

Scène de plage (c.1869-1870)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Scène de plage (Beach Scene) c.1869–1870 Oil (essence) on paper on canvas, 47.5 × 82.9 cm National Gallery, London A maid combs the hair of a girl who has been swimming; her bathing suit is stretched out on…

La Cheminée, reverse (1905)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Cheminée, reverse (The Mantelpiece, reverse) 1905 Oil on cardboard, 51.4 × 77.5 cm National Gallery, London Obverse: Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Cheminée 1905 National Gallery, London    

The Magdalen Reading (c.1435)

Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Magdalen Reading c.1435 Oil on mahogany, transferred from another panel, 62.2 × 54.4 cm National Gallery, London A young lady in an extravagant green dress sits on the floor, reading. Although she wears fifteenth-century clothing…

Le pont de Sèvres (c.1877)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le pont de Sèvres (The Bridge at Sèvres) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 38.1 × 46 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Tate. In the early summer of 1877 Sisley moved to Sèvres, a suburb of Paris which…