Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage à Ornans (Landscape at Ornans) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 47.3 x 56.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Ornans (France)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1940 Oil on canvas, 34 x 29.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia During the late 1930s Marc Chagall became increasingly aware of the plight of his fellow Jews in Europe and embarked on a…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 1834–1835 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 123.2 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia “Shortly before 7 o’clock last night the inhabitants of Westminster, and of…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Falls at Tivoli 1803? Watercolor on cardboard, 37.8 x 53.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Tivoli (Italia)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Lavandières au bord de la Seine aux Andelys (Washerwomen by the Seine at Les Andelys) c.1897 Color lithograph, 30.2 × 45.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia In the 1890s Signac and his colleagues challenged the methods of the Impressionists…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne) c.1868–1872 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Kearsarge à Boulogne (The Kearsarge at Boulogne) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 100 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During the American Civil War, the United States warship Kearsarge made headlines after sinking the Confederate…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Buenaventura en el Concilio de Lyon (Saint Bonaventure at the Council of Lyon) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 250 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Church of Saint Bonaventure College, Seville, circa 1629; deposited, by order of…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Exposición del cuerpo de San Buenaventura (Exhibition of the Body of Saint Bonaventure) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 245 x 220 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for the church of the San Buenaventura college in Seville, around 1629;…