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Le Café (1915)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Café (Coffee) 1915 Oil on canvas, 73 × 106.4 cm Tate Britain, London The dining table was one of Bonnard’s favourite subjects. Its associations with domestic routine and conviviality were in tune with his intimate vision of art.…

Le Repas des enfants (1895)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Repas des enfants (The Children’s Meal) 1895 Oil on paperboard, mounted on wood panel, 59.4 × 74.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

San Sebastiano (1616-1617)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1616–1617 Marble, 98 x 42 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Private collection on deposit at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Saint Sebastian, born in Gaul according to legend, was a Roman centurion who was martyred…

L’Annonciation (1890)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1890 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 47 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Between 1888 and 1891, Émile Bernard together with Gauguin was the creator of Synthetism, the tendency that marked a historical turn…

Nunc Dimittis (c.1505-1510)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Nunc Dimittis (Now You let depart) c.1505–1510 Oil on panel, 62 x 82.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Considered in his later years to be the greatest Venetian painter of his time, Giovanni Bellini was the teacher of the…

Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1425)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Virgin of Humility) c.1425 Tempera on panel, 98.6 x 49.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Guido di Piero da Mugello, known as Friar Giovanni…

Pieter Brueghel (s.d.)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Pieter Brueghel s.d. Engraving, 25.6 x 16.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: under the square line, “PETRUS BREVGEL/ANTVERPIAE PICTOR RVRALIVM ACTIONUM”. Bottom left: “Ant. V See also: • Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638)