Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ vert, ou Calvaire breton (Green Christ, or Breton Calvary) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73.5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune 1889 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo …
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Garçon à la veste bleue (The Boy) 1919 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 60.3 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Utilizing the expressive potential of the human face and figure in a highly individual way, Modigliani painted the colorful…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Aristotele (Aristotle) 1637 Oil on canvas, 124.4 x 99 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Ribera‘s image of Aristotle is one of six imaginary portraits of ancient philosophers commissioned in 1636 by the prince of Liechtenstein. The artist’s…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Mateo (St. Matthew) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas,28-1/4 x 21-5/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Domenikos Theotokopolous, known as El Greco (the Greek), was a native of the island of Crete. He was trained there as a painter…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem c.1617 Oil on canvas, 151 × 229.2 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis In 1618, Peter Paul Rubens referred to the young Anthony van Dyck as “the best of my pupils.” This…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Fontaine de Vénus (Fountain of Venus) 1756 Oil on canvas, 233 x 215 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the…
La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) Les Larmes de saint Pierre (The Tears of Saint Peter / Saint Peter Repentant) 1645 Oil on canvas, 114 x 95 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland During Jesus’s arrest on the night of the Last Supper,…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting Dante’s Portrait c.1859 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper, mounted to paper-backed canvas, 47.6 x 56.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1470 Oil on wood, 62 x 48 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris This work—belatedly attributed to Botticelli—is distinguished by the simplicity of the composition, the finesse of the execution, and the serene expressions on…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1510 Oil on canvas, 151 x 89 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Attributed to Botticelli, a painter in whom Nélie André was particularly interested, this painting represents a famous biblical episode—the flight…