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Femmes au bord de la mer (1889)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Femmes au bord de la mer (Women on the Seashore) 1889 Watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 30.7 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam See also: • Martinique (France)

Il Poeta (c.1620-1621)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il Poeta (The Poet) c.1620–1621 Etching, 15.8 x 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Ribera produced a small but distinctive group of sixteen etchings, most during a short span in the 1620s. Etching was then undergoing…

Self portrait with Saskia (1636)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…

San Bartolomeo (c.1497)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) San Bartolomeo (Saint Bartholomew) c.1497 Tempera on wood panel, 59.6 x 51 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Flayed and crucified for spreading Christ’s word through Armenia and India, the apostle Bartholomew was represented horrifically, holding his own skin,…

Gitan avec une cigarette (s.d.)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Gitan avec une cigarette (Gypsy with a Cigarette) s.d. Oil on canvas, 92 x 73.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This painting, found in Manet’s studio after his death, was never exhibited, and no indication of its…

Mangiatore di pasta, Allegoria del gusto (c.1660)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Mangiatore di pasta, Allegoria del gusto (Pasta Eater: Allegory of Taste) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 74 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Mangiatore di pesce c.1660 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna    

Napoléon en Egypte (1867-1868)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Napoléon en Egypte (Napoleon in Egypt) 1867–1868 Oil on wood panel, 35.8 x 25 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton During the Second Empire (1852–70), Napoleon III encouraged the cult of his uncle, Napoleon Bonaparte, whose 1798 Egyptian…