Canaletto (1697-1768) La Dogana a Venezia (The Dogana in Venice) c.1724–1730 Oil on canvas, 46 × 63.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Across the forecourt of the Dogana (customs office) at the mouth of the Grand Canal, the view goes to the…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1457–1459 Oil on poplar, 68 × 30 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Sebastian was the leader of the bodyguard of the Roman emperor Diocletian and was sentenced to death for his Christian faith. The saint…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Oil on canvas, 65 × 95 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In terms of motif and composition, the landscapes that the young Gainsborough painted in his native Suffolk are indebted to the Dutch landscape art…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Canaletto (1697-1768) La Riva degli Schiavoni a Venezia (The Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice) c.1724–1730 Oil on canvas, 46 × 63 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Woman with the Tamborine s.d. Etching, 17.78 x 26.03 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Billingsgate 1859 Etching, 15.24 x 22.54 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo See also: • London (England)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con reminiscenze di Padova (Capriccio with Reminiscences of Padua) c.1740–1745 Etching, 30.16 x 43.18 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo See also: • Padova (Italia)
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Elm wood, 48.26 x 93.34 x 44.45 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1924 Henry Moore began exploring the theme of the reclining figure, and he eventually began seeing parallels between the motif and…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) L’angoscia della partenza (The Anguish of Departure) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 86.04 x 70.17 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In his own words, Giorgio de Chirico aspired “to live in the world as an immense museum of…