Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Piazza San Marco late 1760s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 85.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view can be compared to Canaletto’s of the same location painted forty years prior. Guardi’s technique is far looser…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) L’enlèvement de Rébecca (The Abduction of Rebecca) 1846 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Throughout his career Delacroix was inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott, a favorite author of…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage avec un ruisseau ensoleillé (Landscape with a Sunlit Stream) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 63.8 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Daubigny began exhibiting his work regularly at the Salon in 1838, and by the…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La place du marché, Vitebsk (The Marketplace, Vitebsk) 1917 Oil on canvas, 66 × 97.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York After training and exhibiting his art in Paris, Chagall returned to his hometown Vitebsk in 1914…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) A Woodland Road with Travelers 1607 Oil on wood, 46 x 83.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jan, who was born shortly before the death of his famous father, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, advanced…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path c.1607 Oil on copper, 9.5 x 15.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Working on copper, Brueghel created small and jewel-like paintings defined by vivid color and anecdotal detail.…
Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld 1630s Oil on copper, 26.7 x 35.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This infernal image of the 1630s was inspired by the “hell landscapes” of Jan Brueghel…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Norvins, Paris 1918 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 53.5 x 64 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Rue Norvins à Montmartre c.1910–1912 Private collection See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Norvins
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La présentation de Jésus au Temple (The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1886–1894 Watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 15.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Forty days after the birth of Jesus, the Holy Family travels to Jerusalem…