Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Portrait of a Young Woman c.1898 Pastel on paper, 43 x 57.45 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Portrait of a Young Woman (c.1898)
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Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio (1846)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio (Raphael and the Baker’s Daughter) 1846 Oil on canvas, 35.56 x 27.3 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina 1814 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA…
Ritratto di gentiluomo (c.1565-1570)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di gentiluomo (Portrait of a Gentleman of the Emo? Family) c.1565–1570 Oil on canvas, 125.7 x 100.3 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia
Flora (1894)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Flora 1894 Oil on canvas, 199 x 88 cm De Morgan Collection Flora is the Roman Goddess of flowers, especially associated with spring, her festivals, the Floralia, were from 28 April to 3 May. The scroll is…
Helen of Troy (1898)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Helen of Troy 1898 Oil on canvas, 124 x 73.8 cm De Morgan Collection In Greek mythology, Helen was the daughter of Zeus (King of the Gods) and Leda (a human). Legend has it that Helen (the…
William De Morgan (1909)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) William De Morgan 1909 Oil on canvas, 68.8 x 54.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, London Painted by his wife, the renowned artist Evelyn de Morgan, this portrait shows De Morgan ‘surrounded by tokens of his two professions’, holding…
The Hourglass (1904-1905)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Hourglass 1904–1905 Oil on canvas, 121.2 x 108.2 cm De Morgan Collection Evelyn De Morgan‘s sister Mrs Stirling wrote the following description in 1924: In an ancient chair, inlaid with ivory, a woman is seen seated.…
The Sea Maidens (1885-1886)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Sea Maidens 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 142.8 cm De Morgan Collection This group of five mermaids is linked to the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. The little mermaid falls in…
The Little Sea Maid (1880-1888)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 73.4 cm De Morgan Collection Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (1855), which is the much loved story of the Sea King’s daughter who rescues…
Our Lady of Peace (1907)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Our Lady of Peace 1907 Oil on canvas, 195.2 x 100.2 cm De Morgan Collection This painting is in response to the Boer war. In Our Lady of Peace we see a Christian knight, who is about…