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Tre filosofi (1508-1509)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Tre filosofi (Three Philosophers) 1508–1509 Oil on canvas, 125.5 × 146.2 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “The oil painting with the three philosophers in a landscape, two standing and one sitting looking at the sun’s rays, with…

Ritratto di giovane (early 16th century)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di giovane, Ritratto Giustiniani (Portrait of a Youth) early 16th century Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 47 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: V V Until 1884, the Portrait of a Young Man was found in the…

Sacra Famiglia Benson (c.1500)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Sacra Famiglia Benson (The Holy Family) c.1500 Oil on panel transferred to hardboard, 37.3 x 45.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man and a young woman holding an infant are seated together in the center…

Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast (1882-1883)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…

Corot, la palette à la main (c.1835)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Autoportrait ou Corot, la palette à la main (Self Portrait or Corot, palette in hand) c.1835 Oil on canvas, 33 × 25 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Uffizi asked Corot for a self-portrait in 1872. Shortly after…

Mademoiselle Sicot (1865)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Sicot 1865 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the knees up, a woman with pale, pink skin and cinnamon-brown hair sits with her hands in her lap…