Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) 1864 Oil on canvas, 78.3 x 57.2 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
La Femme au chat (1864)
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Juliette Courbet (1860)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1860 Oil on canvas, 127 x 100.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Gustave Courbet took a modern approach to portraiture in this seemingly unfinished painting. He depicted his sister Juliette in a frank and…
La Rêveuse (1712-1714)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1712–1714 Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer, derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to…
Le voleur du nid de moineaux (c.1710)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…
The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist (1620-1625)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist 1620–1625 Oil on oak, 123 x 93.9 cm National Gallery, London In this painting, the Virgin Mary, Joseph and Christ look almost as if they are posing for a family…
Virgin and Child with Saint John and his Parents (c.1620)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Virgin and Child with Saints Zacharias, Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1620 Oil on canvas, 114 x 153 cm National Gallery, London We are watching an intimate family moment, apparently unnoticed. Two children are being introduced – they…
Susanna Crouching (c.1640-1645)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Susanna Crouching c.1640–1645 Chalk with watercolor, 28.7 x 41.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Holy Family with Shepherds (1616)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Holy Family with Shepherds 1616 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 106.7 x 76.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Working in Antwerp, the commercial center of the Spanish Netherlands, Jordaens catered to an international audience…
Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair (c.1901)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair c.1901 Pastel on gray paper, 64.1 x 80.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York
Le Lecteur (1861)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Lecteur (The Reader) 1861 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 81.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Edouard Manet represented his elderly friend, the painter Joseph Gall, absorbed in reading a large book. The ledge in the…