Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Lavanda dei piedi (Christ Washing His Disciples’ Feet) c.1545–1555 Oil on canvas, 154.9 × 407.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) ‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II) 1915 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue de Volterra (View of Volterra) 1838 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 24.4 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In 1834, on his second trip to Italy, Corot spent a month in the 14th century hill town…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le bluff de l’aveugle (Blind man’s Bluff) c.1775–1780 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 45.1 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Jean Honore Fragonard trained in the studio of François Boucher, who painted Lovers in the Park, hanging…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Corniche près de Monaco (La Corniche near Monaco) 1884 Oil on canvas, 75 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Monet’s time La Corniche was a narrow mountain track; nowadays, it is the main road between Nice and…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Sortie du conservatoire (Leaving the Conservatory) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 187.5 x 117.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious exchanges among a group of young Parisians gathered outside a music…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) 1890 Oil on panel, 25 x 16 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This small oil painting was a study for the cover of L’homme à femmes, a satirical novel by Victor Joze published…