Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 87.5 × 69.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Inscribed top left on frame: JUN: DIE 9 ANNO 1290; top right on frame: QUOMODO SEDET SOLA CIVITAS!; and bottom of frame: MART:…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le bosquet sacré, bien-aimé des arts et des muses (The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses) 1884–1889 Oil on canvas, 93 × 231 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The indeterminately mythological figures that…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Place du Havre, Paris (The Place du Havre, Paris) 1893 Oil on canvas, 60.1 × 73.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After a period of experimentation with the Neo-Impressionist style developed by Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro returned…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysans ramenant à la maison un veau né dans les champs (Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.1 × 100 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Ramenant à…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Canal Grande, Venezia (The Grand Canal, Venice) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 73 × 119.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although he did not begin to paint views (vedute) until he was in his mid-40s, Francesco Guardi soon…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il rapimento delle Sabine (The Abduction of the Sabine Women) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 260 × 295 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perhaps the most acclaimed and well-traveled artist in Italy at the end of the 17th century,…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Dada Gauguin 1920 Gouache and ink on printed paper, 30.3 × 40 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris See also: • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Le combat du Giaour et Hassan (The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan) 1826 Oil on canvas, 59.6 × 73.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This colorful scene was inspired by a poem from Lord Byron’s “Oriental tales,”…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Bateau mouche (River Boat) c.1860 Oil on board, 21.2 × 45.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion 1538 Oil on panel, 121.1 × 82.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this crowded scene, traditional vignettes from the Crucifixion story surround the central figure of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus’s…