Tag: figure

La crocifissione (c.1504-1505)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1504–1505 Tempera, oil, and gilding on panel, 72.5 x 101.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this horizontal painting, a crowd of more than two dozen men and women gathered shoulder to shoulder at…

Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes (c.1650)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes (Nymphs Feeding the Child Jupiter) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 117.4 x 155.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée c.1639 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin    

Les Patineurs (1889)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Patineurs (The Ice Skaters) 1889 Hand-colored etching and drypoint, 17.8 x 23.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Plage en Normandie (c.1872-1875)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Plage en Normandie (Beach in Normandy) c.1872–1875 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 90.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The…

La Grotte de la Loue (1864)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Grotte de la Loue (The Cave of the Loue) 1864 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village in the remote Franche-Comté…

Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 101.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in…