Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A Farm among Trees c.1670 Oil on oak, 22.1 x 28.8 cm National Gallery, London There is something rather mysterious about this rare – and tiny – landscape by Jan van der Heyden, who specialised in painting…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Napoléon sur le champ de Bataille d’Eylau (Napoleon on the battlefield of Eylau) 1808 Oil on canvas, 521 x 784 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown on the battlefield of Eylau on February 9, 1807, the…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of Jaffa) 1804 Oil on canvas, 523 x 715 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown visiting the plague victims of Jaffa (March 11, 1799). Mosque…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo (Bonaparte, First Consul, after the battle of Marengo) 1803 Oil on canvas, 310 x 247 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris On deposit in the Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le Soir, Paysage avec aqueduc (Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct) 1818 Oil on canvas, 250.2 x 219.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work is one of a projected set of four monumental landscapes representing the times…
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Descent from the Cross before 1443 Oil on panel, 204.5 x 261.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Descent from the Cross was painted for the Chapel of Our Lady Outside the Walls at Leuven, which…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Betrothal of the Virgin 1420–1430 Grisaille, Oil on oak panel, 77 x 88 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Two scenes are represented in this work. On the left, in a circular, Romanesque interior covered with a dome, is…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin 1475 Oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 27.4 × 19.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…